Prefer HTTPS for outgoing connexions to remote peers.
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<p>When <abbrtitle="Transport Layer Security">TLS</abbr>/<abbrtitle="Secure Sockets Layer">SSL</abbr> is enabled on remote peers, it should be used to encrypt outgoing communications with them (for operations such as network presence, index transfer, remote crawl...).
Please note that contrary to strict TLS, certificates are not validated against trusted certificate authorities (CA), thus allowing YaCy peers to use self-signed certificates.
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<p>Note also that encryption of remote search queries is configured with a dedicated setting in the <ahref="ConfigPortal_p.html">Config Portal</a> page.</p>