Secure Sockets Layer or
SSL is a
protocol designed by
Netscape Communications Corporation to provide
encrypted communications on the
Internet. SSL is layered beneath application protocols such as
HTTP,
SMTP,
Telnet,
FTP,
Gopher, and
NNTP and is layered above the connection protocol
TCP-IP. It is used by the
HTTPS access method.
This article (or an earlier version of it) contains material from FOLDOC's [article on SSL], used with permission.
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