Trasnport Layer Security in Alteryx

kedar26

So when we are using Alteryx Analytics App in a Alteryx server environment, in this case the consumer aka the viewer is  entering some inputs through a browser based application. These inputs travel through the network and then these inputs are parsed to the specific tool of the Alteryx Workflow allowing the workflow to execute the task.

In the above mentioned transaction:

1. Do inputs travel through the network in plain text?

2. When the inputs reach the Alteryx Server machine are they SAVED anywhere in plain text or do they just remain in the memory?

3. In the case of ODBC connections are the passwords saved in encrypted form such that the windows machine engineers are not able to get access to the credentials?

joshuaburkhow

1. It depends. If for example in the text box you have it setup as a password then no. 

2. if like #1 they are not setup to be encrypted (which you can choose to do) then yes they could end up in the worker, gallery logs as plain text

3. Yes they are encrypted but you can also select different ways its encrypted https://help.alteryx.com/current/designer/password-encryption#:~:text=Encrypt%20for%20User%3A%20Only%20a,another%20computer%20on%20the%20network.

Hope this helps!