Encrypting Communication
Encryption, or cipher, is the means of scrambling data to ensure that it cannot be easily read by unintended recipients. The encryption features offered in Internet Information Services 5 are similar to those in Internet Information Server 4, with two exceptions: The server certificate is now bound to individual Web sites, and a new wizard helps make configuring server certificates much easier.
Configuring SSL encryption in Internet Information Services 5 is pretty much the same as in Internet Information Server 4, with one exception: You now have the capability to use Server-Gated Cryptography (SGC) certificates and encryption. SGC is available for use on banking industry sites and allows these institutions to use 128-bit ...
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