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SSL Certificate Verification or NOT

Hello everyone,

I have a question about the SolarWinds Orion API for Python.

Are the username/password encrypted if I do not use the SSL Certificate Verification options?

Example:

import orionsdk

import requests

swis = orionsdk.SwisClient("SolarWinds-Orion", "username", "password")

swis.query("SELECT NodeID from Orion.Nodes")

  • Yes, the username and password are encrypted (TLS 1.2) and safe from passive eavesdropping on the network. Certificate verification is needed for confirming that you are connected to the proper server. Without it, a man-in-the-middle attack is possible.