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How GoToTerminal protects the data transferred during a session ?

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How GoToTerminal protects the data transferred during a session ?

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The user data stream is “end-to-end” encrypted with 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption in Cipher Feedback (CFB) mode (which is a strong industry-standard encryption method) as it travels through the internet, in a way that no one, including GoToTerminal servers, may decipher. In fact the AES keys used to encrypt/decrypt user data streams for a server are derived (among other things, such as Diffie-Hellman) from the Access Code specified when that server was added to the Gateway Application server-list, together with a random number and an other Gateway-specific password. The Access Code is different from a user’s web-site password (which is only used to log in to the GoToTerminal’s web site) and, most important, it is never seen by GoToTerminal servers, thus guaranteeing top-level privacy and security. During the authentication phase, the Access Code is mutually verified by both parts through a challenge/response mechanism, thus preventing the Access Code from being

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