Secure File Transfer Protocol

SSH File Transfer Protocol

Secure Hash Algorithm

<algorithm, cryptography} (SHA) A one-way hash function developped by NIST and defined in standard FIPS 180. SHA-1 is a revision published in 1994; it is also described in ANSI standard X9.30 (part 2).

Last updated: 2003-04-12

Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

<messaging, standard>

(S-MIME) A specification for secure electronic mail. S-MIME was designed to add security to e-mail messages in MIME format. The security services offered are authentication (using digital signatures) and privacy (using encryption).

http://rsa.com/rsa/S-MIME/.

Last updated: 1997-05-10

Secure Shell

<operating system>

(ssh) A Unix shell program for logging into, and executing commands on, a remote computer. ssh is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.

http://cs.hut.fi/ssh/.

Last updated: 1997-01-07

Secure Sockets Layer

<networking, security>

(SSL) A protocol designed by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide secure communications over the Internet using asymmetric key encryption. SSL is layered beneath application protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, Telnet, FTP, Gopher and NNTP and is layered above the connection protocol TCP/IP. It is used by the HTTPS access method.

Last updated: 2007-05-25

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