# Encrypt the database connection

If you install the Empirica Healthcare Analysis software and Oracle Database on different servers, secure configuration requires encryption of the communication channel between the servers. For more information, see the section about configuring the thin JDBC client network in one of the following documents:

- For Oracle Database 11g, see the Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide:

  http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/network.111/b28530/asojbdc.htm#g1007990

- For Oracle Database 12c, see the Oracle Database Security Guide:

  https://docs.oracle.com/database/121/DBSEG/asojbdc.htm#DBSEG030

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