Using SSL encryption with Web-based e-mail services offers enhanced security over snooping, especially when connected over public Wi-Fi networks (think McDonald's, Starbucks, or the public library).

Stephen A. Thomas is chief architect for Wave7 Optics. He has been actively involved in TCP/IP standards development for nearly two decades, and has co-authored and contributed to numerous Internet ...

Secure Sockets Layer has become the de facto standard for secure communications between end users and Internet sites, and today, SSL support is built into virtually every browser. SSL is a protocol ...

There is a feature supported by the SSL/TLS encryption standard and used by most of the major browsers that leaks enough information about encrypted sessions to enable attackers decrypt users’ ...

The NCP white paper – Debunking the Myths of SSL VPN Security - warns that vulnerabilities are endemic is SSL to the point where banks have their customer data stolen at “an alarming rate" and "web ...

Confidential online connections like banking transactions made from public wireless hotspots remain vulnerable to attacks despite improved security that was supposed to fix the problem, researchers ...

Check Point is coming out with a Secure Sockets Layer remote-access appliance that screens for malicious code that might compromise corporate resources being accessed by remote users. Check Point is ...

The Secure Sockets Layer protocol is the de facto means for transmitting data over the Internet privately and securely. The protocol is integrated into every browser and every Web server, allowing any ...

New PC indexing tools such as Google Inc.’s Google Desktop Search pose security risks to businesses that use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) remote access because the tools copy material accessed during ...

Nortel Networks announced the release of its secure data traffic processing device which provides Web session security for the company’s Personal Internet architecture. The latest version of the ...