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Security Mechanisms

Many methods of securing Web applications and Web services are available. You can use the built-in features of IIS, you can use options available through the ASP.NET Framework, and with either one you can use secure sockets to ensure transmissions that are not easily readable. The following subsections will give you an overview of each of these mechanisms before you learn how to set up the different options using ASP.NET and IIS.

Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

If you wish to ensure that all transmissions between the client and the server are encrypted, you can choose to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Be aware that although this technique ensures that no one can view the data going across the connection, it will slow the ...