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Communication between SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator and DM is SSL-encrypted with the exchange of X.509 certificates. All web service calls between SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator and DM are SSL-encrypted irrespective of which one acts as a server or a client.

Client certificate from DM is installed on SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator and the one from SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator on DM for authentication. SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator has the server authentication certificate installed to establish communication.

SAP recommends that server and client authentication certificates are issued to both SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator and DM to simplify certificate handling on both sides.

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The certificates are signed by a Certification Authority (CA) that both DM and SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator trust.

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The Internet Information Services (IIS) that runs the SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator conversion web service has the DM system's client certificate associated with the user account. The DM web service is configured to accept the client certificate. In the DM system the SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator certificate is mapped to a user account.