Transport Layer Security

Summary

Transport Layer Security ranks in the top 0.36% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,612 views/month, #281 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• Transport Layer Security's based on is recorded as Secure Sockets Layer^[2].
• Transport Layer Security's subclass of is recorded as cryptographic protocol^[3].
• Transport Layer Security's part of is recorded as computer security^[4].
• Transport Layer Security's Commons category is recorded as SSL and TLS^[5].
• Transport Layer Security's said to be the same as is recorded as Secure Sockets Layer^[6].
• Transport Layer Security's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019pps^[7].
• Transport Layer Security's has edition or translation is recorded as Transport Layer Security, version 1.0^[8].
• Transport Layer Security's has edition or translation is recorded as Transport Layer Security, version 1.1^[9].
• Transport Layer Security's has edition or translation is recorded as Transport Layer Security, version 1.2^[10].
• Transport Layer Security's has edition or translation is recorded as Transport Layer Security, version 1.3^[11].
• Transport Layer Security's significant event is recorded as announcement of prohibition of RC4 use by TLS^[12].
• Transport Layer Security's official website is recorded as https://tlswg.org^[13].
• Transport Layer Security's described by source is recorded as RFC 3268: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Ciphersuites for Transport Layer Security (TLS)^[14].
• Transport Layer Security's described by source is recorded as RFC 3436: Transport Layer Security over Stream Control Transmission Protocol^[15].
• Transport Layer Security's replaces is recorded as Secure Sockets Layer^[16].
• Transport Layer Security's topic has template is recorded as Template:TLS/SSL^[17].
• Transport Layer Security's standards body is recorded as Internet Engineering Task Force^[18].
• Transport Layer Security's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/ssl^[19].
• Transport Layer Security's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://security.stackexchange.com/tags/tls^[20].
• Transport Layer Security's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://serverfault.com/questions/tags/ssl^[21].
• Transport Layer Security's used by is recorded as HTTPS^[22].
• Transport Layer Security's used by is recorded as FTPS^[23].
• Transport Layer Security's used by is recorded as Simple Mail Transfer Protocol over Transport Layer Security^[24].
• Transport Layer Security's used by is recorded as Post Office Protocol 3 over TLS/SSL^[25].
• Transport Layer Security's used by is recorded as Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol^[26].

Why It Matters

Transport Layer Security ranks in the top 0.36% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,612 views/month, #281 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]