Authentication is the process by which
administrators who claim to have accounts on your system are
verified so they can access the system. Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) is a program layer for managing the
security of message transmissions in a network. Using SSL
encryption ensures that the entire transaction session is
encrypted.
Important
If you are replicating data to a server that is located outside of
your organization, you should use SSL encryption.
ADC includes the following types of password authentication:
Windows Challenge/Response. Uses Windows network
security.
Windows Challenge/Response using SSL. Uses Windows
network security through an SSL-encrypted channel. All
authentication information transferred over the network is
encrypted.
Basic (Clear-Text) using SSL. Uses clear text
through an SSL-encrypted channel. All authentication information
transferred over the network is encrypted.
Note Data that is replicated
using SSL encryption is encrypted before it is sent and then
unencrypted by the receiving server before it is added to the
destination directory. These operations can slow replication
performance.