Need clarification on SSL use

[techseek]

Hello
I am not very knowledgeable about encryption. My understanding was that when you install SSL cert in exch 2010 it would encrypt communications - I took that to mean the actual data transmitted gets encrypted.
Is that right? if not, what exactly is the SSL for?
Is it absolutely required in exch 2010
i never dealt with this is 2003

thanks

 

[58sniper]

Answered in your other thread. SSL encrypts the connection. Always been that way. Even if your forced SSL in legacy versions, that only handles the connection.

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