The majority of PowerDesigner Network Communications, including all those over which sensitive information may transit can be encrypted or are encrypted by default.
The network connections shown in the diagram can be encrypted as follows:
- PowerDesigner Client to Repository - encryptable through options in the appropriate connection profile (see Password and Data Encryption).
- PowerDesigner Client to Proxy - encrypted by default.
- PowerDesigner Client to SySAM - not encryptable.
- PowerDesigner Client and Portal Server to LDAP Server - can be encrypted by enabling SSL (see Connecting to an LDAP Server for User Authentication).
- PowerDesigner Client and Portal Server to SMTP Server - can be encrypted by enabling SSL (see Connecting to an SMTP Server for Notifications).
- Web Browser to Portal Server - can be encrypted by enabling SSL (seeEnabling SSL for the PowerDesigner Portal).
The components installed to the PowerDesigner Repository Server can be installed on
separate servers, to make use of an existing database server, for instance, or to spread
the processor load to maximize performance:
In this situation, the additional network connections can be encrypted as follows:
In this situation, the additional network connections can be encrypted as follows:
- Proxy Server to Repository - encryptable through options in the appropriate connection profile (see Password and Data Encryption).
- Portal Server to Repository - encryptable through options in the appropriate connection profile (see Password and Data Encryption).
- Portal Server to SySAM - not encryptable.