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# Encryption

You can use your Web server's SSL encryption features to cryptographically encode information transmitted and received by your Web server. When you enable SSL encryption, you can prevent unauthorized individuals from decoding the original content of your transmissions.

This section includes:

- About Encryption: A conceptual overview of SSL secure communications. Learn how encryption can protect information transmitted over unsecured networks , such as the Internet.
- Enabling Encryption: The procedure to enable your Web server's SSL encryption features.
- Setting Encryption Strength: Learn how to require users to establish 128-bit session-key secure communications with your Web server.

This section does not contain information on:

- Creating your Web server's key pair file, which is used for SSL authentication; see Using the New Security Task Wizards.
- Obtaining a Web server certificate before using SSL security features; see Obtaining a Server Certificate.

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