What is the basic difference between using a webcid vs Sophos as the secondary update location ? Why would i want an out of network PC to update via a Webcid when they can update via sophos too.

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One of a client has to do the configuration from start so we were thinking of any benefits of having a webcid over sophos as secondary update location in case of remote pc.

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Hello Kandarp Desai1 , 
 password being sent in plain text it isn't, this would apply to the SUM as well as it also uses HTTP and not HTTPS, your license credentials could be de-obfuscated from the endpoint update configuration though. 
 get policies a configured CID is not the ideal way to distribute policies and you'd need an extra CID for each combination of polices in use. 
 Furthermore if these are manged installations the RMS component won't be downloaded from Sophos and updating will show as failed. 
 Christian