DataGrid Transport Security

Transport-level security allows you to protect data being transported within the DataGrid by preventing alteration of traffic, eavesdropping, and exchange of data between untrusted parties.

The available settings for transport_security are:

encrypted_normal 
 Use secure transport with 128 bit symmetric key encryption (default).
encrypted_strong
  Use secure transport with 256 bit symmetric key encryption.
integrity
  Use secure transport without encryption.

The two possible node types in a secure DataGrid are:

Controllers
Nodes dedicated to enforcing a security domain's defined security behavior for a cluster associated with the security domain. Security domain controllers are the only discovery nodes in a cluster.
Requestors
Nodes that require access to the data in the DataGrid, such as a seeder or a leech, and which need to be authorized by a controller. Requestors can never be used a discovery nodes.

Authentication

The controller nodes or processing units are configured with a security policy file. The requester nodes or processing units provide a token file and additional credentials to the controller for authentication. The controller performs authentication as defined in its policy file and using the credentials provided by the requester.