SSL značenje | engleski leksikon

Stands for Secure Sockets Layer, a protocol for secure communications over the Internet,
A protocol developed by Netscape Communications Corporation for ensuring security and privacy in Internet communications. SSL supports authentication of client, server, or both, as well as encryption during a communications session. While primary purpose of SSL is to enable secure electronic financial transactions on the World Wide Web, it is designed to work with other Internet services as well. This technology, which uses public key encryption, is incorporated into the Netscape Navigator Web browser and Netscape’s commerce servers. See also commerce server, open standard, public key encryption, PCT. Compare S-HTTP.
(Secure Socket Layer):
A protocol designed by Netscape Communications to enable encrypted, authenticated communications across the Internet.