About

TLS is a cryptographic protocol and the successor to SSL, and is described in the RFC 2246 standard.

The protocol name was changed from SSL to TLS when it became a standard.

TLS is a protocol that helps provide privacy between communicating applications. When a server and client communicate, TLS ensures that no third party can overhear or tamper with any messages.

TLS is

• an option of a TCP connection
• may be used to secure UDP datagram (Rfc 6347 - Datagram Transport Layer Security Version (DTLS protocol) 1.2)

It secures the traffic from the beginning of the connection. If you want to secure the traffic in the middle of a plain text connection, you should use StartTLS

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Documentation / Reference

• wiki/Comparison_of_TLS_implementations
  • rfc5246 - The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2
  • RFC 2246
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/318441/truststore-and-keystore-definitions
• Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) Reference Guide