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.

Contents 1 History 2 How It Works 3 Security Measures 4 Applications 5 See Also 6 References 7 External Links

History

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 SSL protocol. While this was never formally adopted by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), SSL was the basis of the IETF-designed protocol TLS which was first defined in 1999. In fact, SSL and TLS are so similar that most implementations of SSL support TLS, and both protocols use the same port number.

How It Works

Security Measures

Applications

See Also

References

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--Milesj2 01:00, 9 April 2008 (EDT)