Comparison of Encryption Technologies

The following table compares the features of encryption technologies:
Summary of SAS Proprietary, SAS/SECURE, TLS, and SSH Features
Features
SAS Proprietary
SAS/SECURE
Encryption and authentication
Encryption only
Encryption only
Encryption and authentication
Encryption only
Encryption level
Medium
High
High
High
Algorithms supported
SAS Proprietary fixed encoding
SAS Proprietary 32-bit rolling key encoding
RC2, RC4, DES, TripleDES, AES. Default is SAS Proprietary
RC2, RC4, DES, TripleDES, AES, and others
Product dependent
Installation required
No (part of Base SAS)
No (delivered with Base SAS)
Delivered with Base SAS. You can replace this version.
Yes
Operating environments supported
UNIX
Windows
z/OS
UNIX
Windows
z/OS
UNIX
Windows
z/OS
UNIX
Windows
z/OS
SAS version support
8 and later
8 and later
9 and later
8.2 and later