This is a text description of asoag037.gif, an image which depicts an encrypted standard client connection to an Oracle database, and an encrypted connection between the Oracle database and Oracle Application Server. The application server is connected to the Internet. It shows encrypted data packets being transmitted over the connection between the client and the database, and over the connection between the database and the application server. The connection between the application server and the Internet is protected with HTTPS, which is the Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).