Abstract
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) was created by Netscape Communications to secure web traffic with cryptography and PKI. It became so valuable and widely used that it was turned over to the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) to standardize and improve it. At this time it was renamed TLS Transport Layer Security). The old term (SSL) has been obsolete for two decades, but is still widely used (as in “SSL digital certificate”). TLS was originally just for web traffic, but now is widely used with many internet protocols, including email, file transfer, LDAP, etc.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to APress Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Hughes, L.E. (2022). SSL and TLS. In: Pro Active Directory Certificate Services. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7486-6_11
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7486-6_11
Published:
Publisher Name: Apress, Berkeley, CA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4842-7488-0
Online ISBN: 978-1-4842-7486-6
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied ComputingApress Access BooksProfessional and Applied Computing (R0)