Best answer to encryption of client data

[former_member190358]

Hello All,

i have the option of encryption of data with HTTP, HTTPS and SOAP as well.

Want to know which option is best to use in PI 7.1 and why ?

Many thanks in advance.

Regards,

Ravi

[baskar_gopalakrishnan2 · Accepted solution]

HTTP is transport protocol. SOAP Is a message protocol. when you talk about encryption using protocol go for https. By using https you can do certificate authenticaion over ssl. That encryption is good enough for the client data.

SOAP: Message level protocol. YOu can do digital signatures/encryption data using mapping level in addition to https.

[prateek]

HTTP, SOAP are protocols and HTTPS uses SSL for communication. This has nothing to do with encryption. At what level of transmission do you need encryption? There are many encryption algorithms which could be used with PI in terms of scripts, modules or mappings.

Regards,

Prateek Raj Srivastava