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What are SSL and TLS?? What is the difference between SSL and TLS??

What are SSL and TLS?? What is the difference between SSL and TLS?? What is SSL? SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is networking protocols which helps in securing the network. Transport Layer Security (TLS)  is the upgrade version of SSL. SSL is a digital document that secure the identity of any website. Basically it encrypts the data by using cryptographic key pairs which consists of public and private key. The public key is present in the certificate and allows the web browser to start off the communication given to the server. The private key is on the server and is used to digitally retrieve or sign the web pages and other files such as images, videos, scripting files. In SSL certificate we can see much information also which includes identifying information about the website, its domain name and identifying information about the site's owner. We could also see expiry information, serial number, company issued also about the certificates. To keep the website secure one should buy the...