4.3. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol
Secure Sockets Layer was created by Netscape to ensure a secure session on TCP/IP networks. SSL uses a combination of certificates, digital signatures, and cryptography (based on RSA). The client initiates an SSL Web connection by using a URL starting with https instead of http. With SSL, the data flows back and forth between the client and server using a secret key algorithm. This technology is evolving into Transport Layer Security (TLS).
SSL performs the following functions:
It authenticates the server to the client.
Optionally, it authenticates the client to the server.
It creates an encrypted connection between both machines.
The authentication of the server to the client, and vice versa, happens through ...
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