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TLS, Transport Layer Security
TLS, Transport Layer Security
The main objective of TLS is to prevent third-party sources from eavesdropping or tampering with private messages that are being exchanged. It is essentially composed of two layers: a TLS Record Protocol and a TLS Handshake Protocol. The TLS Record Protocol offers a secure connection with an encryption algorithm such as the DES (Data Encryption Standard). This layer can also be used without any encryption being applied. The TLS Handshake Protocol enables a server and a client to authenticate one another and agree upon a specific algorithm and cryptographic keys before any information is exchanged.
Though TLS is primarily based on SSL protocol, they are not interoperable. However, TLS does contain a special mechanism that permits it to scale down to the level of SSL.
The TLS Working Group was first established in 1996. To the current day, the group continues to further develop the protocol and it’s relative applications.