Information encryption is an effective way to prevent information leakage on the communication path between the clients and the application server.

The application server offers the following encryption functionality:

• Encryption with SSL
  Using a Web server and J2EE server, this functionality encrypts information passed along the communication path.
  
• SOAP message encryption with the Web Services Security functionality
  Web Services Security allows you to encrypt SOAP messages sent and received via the Web service and assign an XML signature to SOAP messages.