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'''SSL''' is the acronym for '''Secure Sockets Layer.''' It was designed to allow users to securely send and receive data over the internet. SSL was developed by [[Netscape]] in 1994 to provide security between communicating applications (client and server). The technology uses two protocols, the '''record protocol,''' which provides basic security to higher level protocols and '''handshake protocol''', which allows client-server authentication.<ref>[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/rzain/rzainhistory.htm IBM HIstory of SSL]</ref> SSL is integrated in web browsers, e-mail, and instant messaging applications and other programs with encryption key given by a [[Certification Authority]] (CA) in the form of a '''digital certificate''', also known as a '''SSL Certificate'''. The digital key is authenticated by the handshake protocol in one or both end points during the SSL session. The handshake protocol will then set-up a unique symmetric key to generate keys that will encrypt and decrypt data  to maintain a secure communications and data transfers between computers during SSL connection.<ref>[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/rzain/rzainhistory.htm How SSL Works]</ref> During the SSL connection the record protocol maintains confidentiality and message integrity by encrypting applications data using the Message Authentication Code (MAC).<ref>[http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_1-1/ssl.html SSl: Foundation for Web Security]</ref>

'''SSL''' is the acronym for '''Secure Sockets Layer.''' It was designed to allow users to securely send and receive data over the internet. SSL was developed by [[Netscape]] in 1994 to provide security between communicating applications (client and server). The technology uses two protocols, the '''record protocol,''' which provides basic security to higher level protocols and '''handshake protocol''', which allows client-server authentication.<ref>[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/rzain/rzainhistory.htm IBM HIstory of SSL]</ref> SSL is integrated in web browsers, e-mail, and instant messaging applications and other programs with encryption key given by a [[Certification Authority]] (CA) in the form of a '''digital certificate''', also known as a '''SSL Certificate'''. The digital key is authenticated by the handshake protocol in one or both end points during the SSL session. The handshake protocol will then set-up a unique symmetric key to generate keys that will encrypt and decrypt data  to maintain a secure communications and data transfers between computers during SSL connection.<ref>[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/rzain/rzainhistory.htm How SSL Works]</ref> During the SSL connection the record protocol maintains confidentiality and message integrity by encrypting applications data using the Message Authentication Code (MAC).<ref>[http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_1-1/ssl.html SSl: Foundation for Web Security]</ref>