Recommended ION Grid Installation Scenarios

It is recommended that SSL is used to encrypt the traffic between client and server whenever the data operated on is of a sensitive nature. This reduces the risk of successful network sniffing and similar types of intrusions. When SSL encryption is used, following the initial SSL handshake between the client and server all traffic is encrypted using the specified cipher.

SSL is used for internal grid communications between hosts and applications.

It is possible to install the Grid in various different scenarios.