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SECURE SOCKETS LAYER

Specialty Definition: SECURE SOCKETS LAYER

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Computing

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) A protocol designed by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide encrypted communications on the Internet. SSL is layered beneath application protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, Telnet, FTP, Gopher, and NNTP and is layered above the connection protocol TCP/IP. It is used by the HTTPS access method. (1995-01-17). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SECURE SOCKETS LAYER

Specialty definitions using "SECURE SOCKETS LAYER": S/SL, SSL. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: SECURE SOCKETS LAYER

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Business

Presently, e-commerce security is not regulated by specific laws, and companies resort to firewalls and secure protocols, such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), digital certificates, and Secure Electronic Transaction (SET). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SECURE SOCKETS LAYER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 45 43 55 52 45      53 4F 43 4B 45 54 53      4C 41 59 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01000101 01000011 01010101 01010010 01000101 00100000 01010011 01001111 01000011 01001011 01000101 01010100 01010011 00100000 01001100 01000001 01011001 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#69 &#67 &#85 &#82 &#69 &#32 &#83 &#79 &#67 &#75 &#69 &#84 &#83 &#32 &#76 &#65 &#89 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0045 0043 0055 0052 0045      0053 004F 0043 004B 0045 0054 0053      004C 0041 0059 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53393755523925349374539545324635593952

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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