Securing Business Desk Sessions

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When Commerce Server Site Packager unpacks a Commerce Server Business Desk application, it configures the application to use Windows Integrated Security. Although this secures client authentication, the Business Desk session itself passes data in clear text.

To provide security for Business Desk sessions, allow only Business Desk clients inside your Internet firewall. The Business Desk sessions are still cleartext inside the firewall, and subject to sniffing by people within the firewall, but this is a less likely scenario.

To provide additional security, you can use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for Business Desk connections.

See Also

Enabling SSL on a Commerce Server Site

Accessing the Analysis Server over HTTPS

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