Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol is the most widely used protocol on the internet today. SSL was originally developed by Netscape in 1993. Let's take a look at the history of the SSL protocol:
- SSL 1.0: This was the first specification by Netscape in early 1994, which was never released for public use. This is because it was heavily criticized by the cryptographic community for the implementation of weak cryptographic algorithms.
- SSL 2.0: In early 1995, Netscape released SSL 2.0, an improved version of the original. However, this also did not succeed. In this version, message authentication used MD5, which most security-aware users had already moved away from. Handshake messages are not protected. This ...
