In order to facilitate secure communication, the P4 Plan server can be configured with a certificate issued from a Certificate Authority - an entity in a chain of trust stemming from a number of established root authorities.
When first connecting to a server, you are presented with a Trust verification dialog. Before accepting the certificate, you can review the details by selecting the View certificate details link. By accepting the certificate, you indicate that you trust the Certificate Authority, and therefore the server you are connecting to. At this point, you will be connected to the server.
You can also choose to always trust the certificate by checking the Always trust this certificate option. The server is now considered trusted by the client, and you will not receive further notices as long as the certificate remains valid. You are able manage the server certificates that you have previously trusted. For more information, see Viewing and removing stored trusted server certificates.
P4 Plan encryption information
P4 Plan employs the industry standard TLS 1.2. encryption protocol for all communication between the client and the server. Additionally, both client and server utilize X.509 certificate-based authentication and key exchange provided by the BoringSSL library.
This is done to protect clients from hacked servers, and to protect servers from clients running on unauthorized machines, minimizing security risks such as identity theft, eavesdropping and unauthorized access to sensitive information.
P4 Plan 8.2 and later supports the security protocol TLS 1.2.