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Splunk forwarder sends data in cleartext. Is it possible to encrypt data during transmission between the server and forwarder?

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Hello.

Splunk forwarder send data to server in cleartext. It's not very good, is it possible to encrypt data during transmission between the server and forwarder?

Thank you.

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