Technologies for Encryption

Encryption: Comparison

The following table compares the features of the encryption technologies:

Summary of SASProprietary, SAS/SECURE, SSL, and SSH Features
Features	SASProprietary	SAS/SECURE	SSL	SSH
License required	No	Yes	No	No
Encryption and authentication	Encryption only	Encryption only	Encryption and authentication	Encryption only
Encryption level	Medium	High	High	High
Algorithms supported	SASProprietary fixed encoding	RC2, RC4, DES, TripleDES, AES	RC2, RC4, DES, TripleDES, AES	Product dependent
Installation required	No (part of Base SAS)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Operating environments supported	UNIX Windows z/OS	UNIX Windows z/OS	UNIX Windows z/OS * OpenVMS*	UNIX Windows z/OS
SAS version support	8 and later	8 and later	9 and later	8.2 and later

* SAS 9.2 introduces support for SSL on z/OS and OpenVMS.