Re: How do you secure a web service?

"aualias" <aualias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:#tGK5PlVFHA.1796@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> For this scenario, what is the best method of securing the web service?
> SSL? Encrypt the username/password? Other.

SSL is the easiest. Unless you are sending large amounts of data, or high
volumes you wont notice any difference and its very easy to implement.


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