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title: "What is SSL/TLS ?"  
description: "What is SSL/TLS ?"  
author: "Prakash nidhi Verma"  
published: 2018-06-14  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23428/what-is-ssl-tls  
category: "web services"  
tags: ["web services", "web security", "url"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is SSL/TLS ?

The SSL(Secure Socket Layer) is also called as TLS(Transport Layer Security) to introduce encryption link between the Browser and the Website.

SSL/TLS is helped to HTTPS for more widely used due to the newly introduced functionallty of communicating with the website in a secure manner.

- SSL tunneling under HTTP and HTTPS.

- SSL/TLS provide security for HTTPS web services.

## Answers

### Answer by Prakash nidhi Verma

The SSL(Secure Socket Layer) is also called as TLS(Transport Layer Security) to introduce encryption link between the Browser and the Website.

SSL/TLS is helped to HTTPS for more widely used due to the newly introduced functionallty of communicating with the website in a secure manner.

- SSL tunneling under HTTP and HTTPS.

- SSL/TLS provide security for HTTPS web services.


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