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How secure is a HTTP POST?

I need to send sensitive information from Server A to Server B (to do some DB queries on it) using the POST method in cURL.

I need to know if its possible for someone to actually access the POST data during the request?

Thanks.

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Yes, a man in the middle or simply an entity in what is usually known as a privileged network position can read any data your server sends and receives. To protect your traffic from snooping, you should use an SSL protected connection. This even allows you to do a two-sided authentication if you use certificates for both sides, i.e. the sender can verify the receiver and the receiver can verify the sender.

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