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SSL
Secure Sockets Layer - a protocol located between the network layer and the application layer provides authentication of clients and server and integrity and confidentiality services. SSL was developed by Netscape and builds the basis for TLS.
source: ISO/IEC18028-4, 2005
secure sockets layers - A protocol used in web browsers to establish relatively secure communications between two computers on the Internet.
source: Champlain, Auditing Information Systems:2003
Acronym for “secure sockets layer.” Established industry standard that encrypts the channel between a web browser and web server to ensure the privacy and reliability of data transmitted over this channel.
source: PCI DSS, 2008
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