Asymmetric is when there are two keys for each party. A public and private key pair is required on each side. Asymmetric encryption algorithms include RSA, DSA, and ECDSA. The Go standard library has packages for RSA, DSA, and ECDSA. Some applications that use asymmetric encryption include Secure Shell (SSH), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).
SSL is the Secure Sockets Layer originally developed by Netscape, and version 2 was publicly released in 1995. It is used to encrypt communication between a server and a client providing confidentiality, integrity, and authentication. TLS, or Transport Layer Security, is the new version of SSL, with 1.2 being defined in 2008 as RFC 5246. The Go package for ...
