The SSL/TLS Protocol

[YoKenny]

Security
Now
Our weekly audio security column
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Episode #195  The SSL/TLS Protocol

Leo and I plow into the detailed operation of the Internet's most-used security protocol, originally called "SSL" and now evolved into "TLS." The security of this crucial protocol protects all of our online logins, financial transactions, and pretty much everything else.

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[Lisandro]

Not with a lot of time to follow the details, but are they just saying that TSL is better than SSL?

[YoKenny]

I haven't had time to listen to it yet.

TSL is the follow on to SSL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer

I was just curious about the protocol as my ISP imlemented it for email transfer and when they did my email stopped and I had to have my ISP walk me through setting up the correct ports and server names and I had to make sure that avast! Internet Mail did not use the TSL/SSL ports but the standard ports.

I think this will be available in avast! V5 I believe.

[hlecter]

As I understood Gibson, he was to talk about the RFC for the new standard TLS 1.2.

But he went back to SSL2 which is outdated, SSL3/TLS1 which took over and told how much better
the TLS1.2 would be. That part went over my head.

Interesting to learn that SSL2 dates back to 1995 and SSL3/TLS1 dates back to 1997.
12 years old technology still in use to secure our data. Fingers crossed...

Regards
HL