Question

Mercury Technical Solutions has been using SSL in a business-to-business environment for a number of years. Despite the fact that there have been no compromises in security, the new IT manager wants to use stronger security than SSL can offer. Which of the following protocols is similar to SSL but offers the ability to use additional security protocols?
A. SSH
B. TLS
C. X.509
D. RSH

Answer 1

Answer:

B) TLS (Transport Layer Security)

Explanation:

SSL refers to secured socket layer, while TLS refers to Transport Layer Security. They are both security measures implementing crytography to ensure secured communication on a network especially in web and electronic mails. While very minor technical differences exist between these two protocols, SSL is veiwed as outdated because TLS uses stronger algorithms for encryption. The SSL is also unable to work on different ports unlike TLS.