Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
•Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a widely used protocol that acts as a separate layer or “secure channel” on top of the
TCP/IP Internet protocol.
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•SSL provides a
security handshake when a browser and the Web page to which it is connected want to participate in
a secure connection.
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•Web pages secured by SSL have URLs that begin with https:// instead
of http://.