Transport Layer Security
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Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol that ensures privacy for communication over the Internet. It is the successor of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, though there are only minor differences that separate the two.
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During the mid 1990s, it became obvious that security was necessary for Internet commerce. Many different mechanisms were proposed by different groups. Netscape, Inc. was the group that initially developed the protocol known as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). While this was never formally adopted by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), SSL was the basis of the IETF-designed protocol TLS. In fact, SSL and TLS are so similar that most implementations of SSL support TLS, and both protocols use the same port number.
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--Milesj2 01:00, 9 April 2008 (EDT)
