Ssl And Tls In An Oracle Environment; Difference Between Ssl And Tls - Oracle Database B10772-01 Administrator's Manual

SSL and TLS in an Oracle Environment

SSL and TLS in an Oracle Environment
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Netscape Communications Corporation for securing network connections. SSL uses
RSA public key cryptography in conjunction with symmetric key cryptography to
provide authentication, encryption, and data integrity.
This section discusses the following topics:

Difference between SSL and TLS

Although SSL was primarily developed by Netscape Communications Corporation,
the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) took over development of it, with
Netscape's blessing, and renamed it Transport Layer Security (TLS). Essentially, TLS
is an incremental improvement to SSL version 3.0.
7-2 Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide
Difference between SSL and TLS
About Using SSL
How SSL Works in an Oracle Environment: The SSL Handshake
The TLS Protocol Version 1.0 [RFC 2246] at the IETF Web
See Also:
site, which can be found at the following URL:
http://www.ietf.org
To simplify discussion, this document uses the term "SSL"
Note:
where either SSL or TLS may be appropriate because SSL is the
most widely recognized term. However, where distinctions occur
between how you use or configure these protocols, this document
specifies what is appropriate for either SSL or TLS.
is an industry standard protocol originally designed by