On today’s internet, encryption is no longer optional. System administrators want security, users and customers demand privacy and confidentiality, governments and other authorities demand protection of privacy, and web browsers and search engines also insist on encryption.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer ) and TLS (Transport Layer Security ) are terms that often pop up in this context, and they are often used interchangeably. The reason for this is twofold: on the one hand, TLS is the successor of SSL and ...
