SSL
Also known as: Secure Sockets Layer
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What is SSL?
Secure Sockets Layer is the obsolete predecessor to Transport Layer Security and should no longer be used as a protocol. This profile connects the concept to KBY's practical engineering guidance.
The term is still used informally for TLS certificates and encrypted web traffic, but SSLv2 and SSLv3 contain fundamental weaknesses. Modern systems should negotiate supported TLS versions and remove legacy SSL compatibility.
Historically protected network sessions; now serves mainly as legacy terminology for TLS.
- Legacy encryption terminology
- Predecessor to TLS
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