TechCrunch

Facebook open sources library to enhance latest Transport Layer Security protocol

For several years, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has been working to improve the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, which is designed to help developers protect data as it moves ...
EDN

Practical Embedded Security – Part 2: Transport and Internet Layer Protocols

Part 1 of this article looks at low-level communications protocols, including PPP and Ethernet, and their specific security features and requirements.] Now that we have discussed the lower-level ...
Bleeping Computer

NSA shares guidance, tools to mitigate weak encryption protocols

The National Security Agency (NSA) has shared guidance on how to detect and replace outdated Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol versions with up to date and secure variants. The US intelligence ...
Network World

What is Transport Layer Security? How TLS1.3 protects your data

Transport-layer security is more effective than its predecessor SSL, and its latest version - TLS 1.3 - improves both privacy and performance. Transport Layer Security 1.3 was officially finalized by ...