[aklug] Re: SSL & TLS

Nope.. I got that wrong.. Either way not all standards are RFC.
Especially when they are proprietary. Hence why there is a big fat
"open" before "openssl".

- Shane

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Shane Spencer<shane@bogomip.com> wrote:
> It was however an IETF standard. =A0Not all standards are RFC.
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Damien Hull<damien@linuxninjas.tv> wrote:
>> I did some quick searching on SSL & TLS. I can't find an RFC for SSL. I =
did find drafts for SSL but no actual RFC. Here's what I know so far.
>>
>> 1. Netscape develops SSL but its broken
>> 2. Netscape's SSL is fixed but (1996 or so I think)
>> 3. TLS was introduced back in 1999 or so.
>> 4. TLS RFC http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3207
>>
>> This means there was never an officel SSL standard. We all call it SSL b=
ut its really TLS. Do I have this right? Pleas correct me if this is wrong.
>>
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