[Dovecot] Protocol logging - TLS vs SSL

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Tue Feb 26 22:22:01 EET 2013



Am 26.02.2013 21:18, schrieb Charles Marcus:
> On 2013-02-26 3:09 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>> Am 26.02.2013 21:05, schrieb Charles Marcus:
>>> Why does it say 'TLS', when it technically (there is a difference after all) should say 'SSL'?
>>> Not a big deal, but it is just something I've been meaning to ask
>> because it is practically the same?
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security
> 
> Practically - but not *exactly*, hence my use of the word 'technically'...
> Maybe I'm picking nits, but that doesn't change the fact that they are *not* exactly the same

ah so enlighten us about the big difference you see
and what in SSL is not "transport layer security"

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa380515%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
TLS is a standard closely related to SSL 3.0, and is sometimes referred to as "SSL 3.1"

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