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Why SSL was renamed to TLS in late 90s (2014) (tim.dierks.org)

submitted 1 week ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Transport Layer Security

TLS 1.0 was first defined in RFC 2246 in January 1999 as an upgrade of SSL Version 3.0, [...]

But we still use name SSL certificates. Weird.

[–] aaron@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago

Microsoft tried to co-opt it.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

I read SSL as SNL (Saturday Night Live) and was confused as hell.

Carry on.