TLS : Java Glossary

TLS
TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a protocol used communicate over an encrypted connection, and to authenticate none, one or both of the participants. It is the successor to SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). The actual strength (number of bits is the key) of the encryption is decided by the site itself not by the browser as in SSL.

IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) manages SSL, and has renamed it TLS. People still usually refer to it as SSL. Properly TLS refers to the newer versions of the protocol and SSL to the older.


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