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Understanding SSL — Secure Socket Layer
Explore the Basics of SSL and What is Open SSL | Karthikeyan Nagaraj
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5 min readFeb 13, 2023
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
- The internet has become an integral part of our daily lives, and it has made many tasks easier and more convenient.
- However, with ease of use comes the threat of cybercrime. Information transmitted over the internet is vulnerable to hackers and cyber attackers, who can easily steal sensitive information such as passwords and credit card numbers.
- To protect this information, SSL was introduced.
What is SSL?
- SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a protocol for establishing secure links between a web server and a browser.
- It uses encryption to protect the transmission of sensitive information between the server and the browser.
- The information transmitted is encrypted, meaning that it cannot be read by anyone who intercepts it.
- SSL certificates are issued by a certificate authority (CA), which verifies the identity of the website owner and ensures that the information transmitted over the SSL connection is secure.
- SSL certificates contain a public key and a private key. The public key is used to…
