LKBEN11107: What is SSL?
LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 1 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False
Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Latest update: 05/10/2020 | Comment:
Symptom
You need more information about SSL.
Cause
You want to know what SSL is.
Solution
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer.
It is an encryption protocol for the transmission of data in the internet.
Note :
SSL encrypts only the communication between two clients. If a message is send at more than one client, all clients can read the entire message even if this is not desired.
About the Author
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux in different European countries and different European languages. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform where he is one of the most important contributors and the main developer.