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* Authenticated- Asymmetric cryptography always authenticate the server endpoint of conversation while the client endpoint is optionally authenticated.
 
* Authenticated- Asymmetric cryptography always authenticate the server endpoint of conversation while the client endpoint is optionally authenticated.
 
* Reliable- It uses Message Authentication Code (MAC) to check the message integrity and secure hash functions.
 
* Reliable- It uses Message Authentication Code (MAC) to check the message integrity and secure hash functions.
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==Versions==
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The SSL Protocol has the following version:<ref>[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/ssl/ssl_intro.html SSL/TLS Strong Encryption: An Introduction]</ref>
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* SSL Protocol v2.0- The first protocol implemented by Netscape
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* SSL Protocol v3.0- An improvement to SSL Protocol v2.0 to protect data transfer from specific security threats and to provide support to certificate chains and add non-RSA ciphers.
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* TLS v1.0- The current standard proposed by IETF. An improvement to the SSL Protocol v3.0. This version is an enhancement from MAC layer to HMAC, block padding for block ciphers, message order standardization and more alert messages were added.
    
==References==
 
==References==
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