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SSL

(Secure Sockets Layer) Security protocol for internet communications. SSL provides a mechanism to verify the identity of an internet client and/or server, and to encrypt the messages sent between them. Thus it can be used to provide authentication and confidentiality for web services that run directly between a client and a server. It uses a public key infrastructure (PKI) system based on digital certificates.

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Useful Web resources:

SSL 3.0 Specification
Official home of SSL, maintained by Netscape, which created the protocol.

Introduction to SSL
An explanation of how SSL works.


 
 


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