Definition: TLS (Transport Layer Security) [Web and XML Glossary]

TLS (Transport Layer Security)

TLS was developed as the successor to SSL, and is nearly identical to SSL, except that it implements an open and standards-based solution, more non-proprietary ciphers, better error reporting, and HMAC digests instead of simple MD5. The structure of the start of a TLS session allows negotiation of the level of the protocol to be used. This way, a Client or Server can simultaneously support TLS and SSL and negotiate the most appropriate protocol for the connection.

Type Associations

Topic(s) from which this Topic is derived:
- Protocol

Associations

TLS is based on
- PKCS · TCP
TLS is used as a base by
- HTTPS · WAP2
TLS is implemented by
- IE · Navigator · Opera
TLS has been standardized by
- IETF

Mentioned in...

HTTPS · PCT · SSL

Bibliographic References

Christopher Allen, Tim Dierks, The TLS Protocol — Version 1.0, Internet RFC 2246, January 1999 [1]
Simon Blake-Wilson, Magnus Nystrom, David Hopwood, Jan Mikkelsen, Tim Wright, Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extensions, Internet RFC 3546, June 2003 [0.9]
Rohit Khare, Scott D. Lawrence, Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1, Internet RFC 2817, May 2000 [0.9]
Eric Rescorla, HTTP over TLS, Internet RFC 2818, May 2000 [0.9]
Eric Rescorla, HTTP over TLS, Internet Draft, TLS working group, October 1999 [0.9]
Bernard Aboba, Dan Simon, PPP EAP TLS Authentication Protocol, Internet RFC 2716, October 1999 [0.9]
Robert Friend, Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Compression Using Lempel-Ziv-Stac (LZS), Internet RFC 3943, November 2004 [0.8]

Additional Information

Topic Creation: 2000-06-07; HTML Creation: 2008-05-11, 07:00:39
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