Secure Sockets Layer is a network communication protocol that provides security for data at the transmission level. SSL encrypts data connections so that attackers cannot break into secure network ...

A joint U.S. and Canadian organization that certifies encryption tools for use by federal government agencies has suspended its validation of OpenSSL cryptographic technology for the second time in ...

In the wake of revelations about NSA spying, not to mention the Web hacks that seem to occur on a daily basis, encryption is top-of-mind for Web users and webmasters alike. Google recently said that ...

While the Internet offers a host of ways to communicate with friends, co-workers and even complete strangers, it also allows third-parties to snoop on those communications, as well as track your ...

SSL and TLS are similar technologies because they share a codebase, though one is better than the other. In fact, one is dead, and the other still reigns supreme to this day. By the end of this ...

Secure sockets layer (SSL) is an industry-standard method for secure communications on the internet. SSL -- along with its successor, transport layer security (TLS) -- is the commonly accepted ...

A project that aims to increase the use of encryption by giving away free SSL/TLS certificates has issued its first one, marking the start of its beta program. The project, called Let’s Encrypt, is ...