a clear introduction to security technologies most widely used on the Internet "-Paul Lambert., a former co-chair of IETF IPSEC working group Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols form the basis for secure e-commerce on the World Wide Web, verifying the authenticity of Web sites, encrypting sensitive data transfer, and ensure the integrity of information exchanged. Now, for the first time details of this important security protocols available in a complete reference, clear and concise. SSL and TLS Essentials provides complete documentation of the SSL and TLS protocols, including advanced and proprietary extensions never published. Readers will soon understand not only the academic principles behind he security protocols, but how these principles apply to their own network security challenges. This book covers: Full details * of Netscape's SSL and TLS IETF protocol, with the difference between the two is highlighted and explained clearl * A concise tutorial in cryptography * Complete coverage of Netscape's International Step-Up and Microsoft's Server Gated Cryptography implementations * A description of X.509 public key certificate * The details of implementing backwards compatibility among previous versions of SSL and TLS * A thorough security checklist with explanations of all known attacks on SSL implementations, along with an appropriate reply.