SSL

Protocol  that allows to send encrypted messages across the Internet  . SSL uses public key encryption  to pass data between your browser and a given server  (for example to submit credit card information). A URL  that begins with "https" indicates that an SSL connection will be used.

A protocol for sending encrypted information between a client and a server, often a Web server. SSL can work with any application-layer TCP/IP protocol and is most commonly used with HTTP.(See Socket . Also see Internet Messaging .)

(Secure Sockets Layer) -- A protocol designed by Netscape Communications to enable encrypted, authenticated communications across the Internet.

SSL used mostly (but not exclusively) in communications between web browsers and web servers. URL’s that begin with “https” indicate that an SSL connection will be used.

SSL provides 3 important things: Privacy, Authentication, and Message Integrity.

In an SSL connection each side of the connection must have a Security Certificate, which each side’s software sends to the other. Each side then encrypts what it sends using information from both its own and the other side’s Certificate, ensuring that only the intended recipient can de-crypt it, and that the other side can be sure the data came from the place it claims to have come from, and that the message has not been tampered with.

See Also: Browser , Server , Security Certificate , URL

A protocol for encryption and authentication of internet connections.See TLS.A standard for transmitting confidential data such as credit card number over the Internet.SSL (Secure Sockets Layer )

(Secure Socket Layer) An open protocol for securing data communications across computer networks. The broad support for this protocol will promote interoperability between products from many organizations and will speed the growth of electronic commerce on the Internet and private TCP/IP networks.