Grid Security Infrastructure - Security Mechanisms

Security Mechanisms

Communications may be secured using a combination of methods:

  • Transport Layer Security (TLS) can be used to protect the communication channel from eavesdropping or man-in-the-middle attacks.
  • Message-Level Security can be used (although currently it is much slower than TLS).

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