ANN: Transport Layer Security (TLS) v0.1
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Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a proposed IETF standard that
supercedes Netscape's Secure Socket Layer (SSL). As the name suggests,
the purpose of the protocol is to provide encryption and certification at
the transport layer (in this case, TCP), so that data can flow through a
secure channel without requiring significant changes to the client and
server applications. One widespread use for this technology is in
"HTTPS" or secure HTTP communications.
A TLS client for Frontier and Radio, focused on HTTPS communication, is
now available through Macrobyte Resources.
http://tls.macrobyte.net/
This version supports both MacOS Classic and Windows systems; a build for
MacOS X is currently in development. Note that this is a prerelease
version of the software -- the contents of the first full release may be
significantly different from what is currently available. Watch
http://tls.macrobyte.net/ for updates.
Post your questions, bug reports, or suggestions to the TLS forum on the
website, or to this list. But please don't ask how long the MacOS X
build will be... you'll know as soon as it's ready. :-)
-Brian
supercedes Netscape's Secure Socket Layer (SSL). As the name suggests,
the purpose of the protocol is to provide encryption and certification at
the transport layer (in this case, TCP), so that data can flow through a
secure channel without requiring significant changes to the client and
server applications. One widespread use for this technology is in
"HTTPS" or secure HTTP communications.
A TLS client for Frontier and Radio, focused on HTTPS communication, is
now available through Macrobyte Resources.
http://tls.macrobyte.net/
This version supports both MacOS Classic and Windows systems; a build for
MacOS X is currently in development. Note that this is a prerelease
version of the software -- the contents of the first full release may be
significantly different from what is currently available. Watch
http://tls.macrobyte.net/ for updates.
Post your questions, bug reports, or suggestions to the TLS forum on the
website, or to this list. But please don't ask how long the MacOS X
build will be... you'll know as soon as it's ready. :-)
-Brian
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Re: ANN: Transport Layer Security (TLS) v0.1
2/17/2002 by David A. Bayly
Very interesting. Let me be the first to ask about secure serving. Plans for the future? >Read on the web at http://community.scriptmeridian.org/16083
2/17/2002 by David A. Bayly
Re: ANN: Transport Layer Security (TLS) v0.1
2/20/2002 by Seth Dillingham
For those who aren't up on all the latest developments in security software ;-), the TLS client that Brian announced last week
2/20/2002 by Seth Dillingham