COMMUNICATIONS AND SECURITY
When running the Forms Server, the Java Applet implementing the user interface and the Forms Server engine
need to communicate. This can be done using a conventional TCP/IP Sockets connection for intranet use, or
using HTTP/1.1 as a protocol for Internet use where Firewalls prevent the use of a direct socket connection.
In either case, all of the traffic that is transmitted between the Client and Forms Engine is encrypted using 40-
bit RSA encoding. This encryption can be turned off optionally, but we would not recommend that sites do
this.
Also available as an option is the use of Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS) instead of Sockets or HTTP to provide
a further layer of security. HTTPS currently supports 128-bit encryption for US domestic customers and 40-bit
for non-US customers. As the US relaxes laws for the export of encryption technologies, 128-bit encryption
will become available for all users.
For more information on the use of HTTP with Oracle Developer Forms Server and security/firewall issues
generally see the Oracle White Paper: Deploying Internet Applications using HTTP Enabled Oracle Developer Server.
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