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Article ID: KB0084423
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Description
Resolution:
When messages will be encrypted and decrypted when using SSL?
SSL is declared to be a point to point protocol. This means that the security SSL provides is limited to the two immediate endpoints involved in the exchange of data.
Provided that the sender, receiver and the EMS server (sender ->EMS server->receiver) are configured to use SSL, the sender will create a message, set its content and it is during the sending phase that the SSL layer of the EMS connection will take care of the encryption. When EMS server receives the message, the SSL layer of the EMS connection of EMS server point will decrypt it and save it as plain text.
EMS server and receiver’s communication is similar with the sender and EMS server point pairs, the SSL layer of the EMS connection of the server point will take care of the encryption, and the SSL layer of the EMS connection of receiver point will take care of the encryption.
If SSL is configured in the routes between two EMS servers (sender ->EMS1 ->EMS2), message will be decrypted by EMS1 before being encrypted again and routed to EMS2. Basically, EMS2 acts as a kind of receiver, it is the same with above.
Issue/Introduction
When messages will be encrypted and decrypted when using SSL?