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Transport Layer Security

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

An authentication and security protocol widely implemented in browsers and Web servers.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Network92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
TLS
plural
Transport Layer Securities
possessive
Transport Layer Security's
pluralpossessive
Transport Layer Securities'