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

Nearby terms:

Secure Shell ♦ Secure Sockets Layer ♦ security ♦ Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool

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