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T
Transport Layer Security(TLS)
A cryptographic protocol that enables applications to communicate over the Internet in a way that helps prevent eavesdropping, message tampering, and forgery.
TLS is the replacement for the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, which has been deprecated by the Internet Engineering Task Force.