

Transport Layer Security (TLS) SSL 3.0 is very similar to TLS (RFC 2246) 2ģ Location of SSL SSL is build on top of TCP Provides a TCP like interface In theory can be used by all type of applications in a transparent manner 3Ĥ SSL Architecture Rely on TCP for a reliable communication Two Layers SSL Record Protocol provides basic security services Handshake, change cipher spec, Alert. 2 Transport Layer Security Protocols Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Originally designed to by Netscape to secure HTTP Version 2 is being replaced by version 3 Subsequently became Internet Standard known as TLS Use TCP to provide a reliable end-to-end service Application independent Can be used for any application protocol: telnet, ftp.
