SSL
Computers.
1.
Secure Sockets Layer: a protocol that uses encryption to ensure the secure transfer of data over the Internet.
British Dictionary definitions for
secure sockets layer
SSL
abbreviation
1.
Secure Sockets Layer: a way of enabling the secure encrypted transmission of sensitive data via the internet
secure sockets layer
in Technology
networking, security
(SSL) A
protocol
designed by
Netscape Communications Corporation
to provide secure communications over the
Internet
using asymmetric key encryption. SSL is layered beneath application
protocols
such as
HTTP
,
SMTP
,
Telnet
,
FTP
,
Gopher
and
NNTP
and is layered above the connection protocol
TCP/IP
. It is used by the
HTTPS
access method
.
(2007-05-25)
Related Abbreviations for
secure sockets layer
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer