SSL and TLS are similar technologies because they share a codebase, though one is better than the other. In fact, one is dead and the other still reigns supreme to the time this day. By end of this ...

What if I told you that the TLS/SSL protocols can provide impenetrable protection for your company’s website? While completely untrue (nothing is impenetrable),TLS/SSL can provide strong data privacy, ...

Stephen A. Thomas is chief architect for Wave7 Optics. He has been actively involved in TCP/IP standards development for nearly two decades, and has co-authored and contributed to numerous Internet ...

This information is also available as a TechRepublic download. SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and its successor TLS (Transport Layer Security) are two technologies that enable secure communications on a ...

TLS or Transport Layer Security is an encryption protocol. It is designed such that communication through TLS remains secure and private. In this post, I will explain what TLS handshake is and how to ...

Taher Elgamal, creator of the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology that adds a measure of encryption and security to Internet communication, sees a problem with the current system. Speaking with the ...

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has released a bulletin regarding the use of SSL for data protection on the Internet. In the bulletin, the Council states that SSL – a protocol for ...

As enterprises get better about encrypting network traffic to protect data from potential attacks or exposure, online attackers are also stepping up their Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security ...

Update: Apple has released 10.9.2, which patches the SSL vulnerability discussed in this article. News of a serious vulnerability within Apple’s implementation of a key encryption technology has been ...