This note gives a detailed technical analysis of the cryptographic strength of the SSL 3.0 protocol. A number of minor flaws in the protocol and several new active attacks on SSL are presented. [Acrobat] (D. Wagner and B. Schneier)

Document providing information and guidelines on using TLS to secure HTTP connections.

This document specifies Version 1.0 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol.

Document describing the negotiating and upgrading plain socket connection to secure socket connection.

RFC's, drafts, and relevant documents of SSL and TLS in Japanese and English

Access this frameset to test if your browser supports TLS/SSL, and for a report of which cipher and key length is used.

Superseded by SSL Version 3 and TLS, but implemented by most browsers and secure servers.

The SSL protocol specification. (Netscape)