From 8fadf1d4cea795d661c80af78de6e58dd0bbc556 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Grove Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 09:30:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Replace SSL with TLS --- computer-science-blog/pages/https.html | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/computer-science-blog/pages/https.html b/computer-science-blog/pages/https.html index d71515d..d26a6c7 100644 --- a/computer-science-blog/pages/https.html +++ b/computer-science-blog/pages/https.html @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@

HTTPS

- HTTPS is the 'Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure', which means that it is a variation on the HTTP protocol - except it uses a secure socket layer - (SSL) - an encryption protocol invoked by an HTTPS request, that enables authentication and encryption on the webpage being visited. SSL is + HTTPS is the 'Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure', which means that it is a variation on the HTTP protocol - except it uses transport layer security + (TLS) - an encryption protocol invoked by an HTTPS request, that enables authentication and encryption on the webpage being visited. SSL is essentially the usage of ‘digital passports’, and it functions by ‘hopping onto’ TCP protocols. It does not resend ‘lost’ packets or ‘miscommunicated' data, because this increases security.