SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

A security protocol for the Internet and Intranets that provides communications privacy and authentication for IBM® Lotus® Domino™ server tasks that operate over TCP.

A proposed open standard for establishing a secure communications channel to prevent the interception of critical information, such as credit card numbers. Primarily, it enables secure electronic financial transactions on the World Wide Web, although it is designed to work on other Internet services as well. [Exchange 2007]

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a socket protocol that encrypts data sent over the network and provides authentication for the socket endpoints.

A security protocol that provides communication privacy.