Secure Socket Layer
nounid
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A protocol used for protecting private information during transmission via the Internet. Note: SSL works by using a public key to encrypt data that's transferred over the SSL connection. Most Web browsers support SSL, and many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card numbers. By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with “https:” instead of “http:.”
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
Pci75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- acronym
- SSL
- plural
- Secure Socket Layers
- possessive
- Secure Socket Layer's
- pluralpossessive
- Secure Socket Layers'
Framework definitions
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- A protocol used for protecting private information during transmission via the Internet. Note: SSL works by using a public key to encrypt data that's transferred over the SSL connection. Most Web browsers support SSL, and many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card numbers. By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with “https:” instead of “http:.”
- §1
- A protocol used for protecting private information during transmission via the Internet. Note: SSL works by using a public key to encrypt data that's transferred over the SSL connection. Most Web browsers support SSL, and many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card numbers. By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with “https:” instead of “http:.”
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