Network Working Group                                          A. Freier
Internet-Draft                                                P. Karlton
Intended status: Historic                        Netscape communications
Expires: December 12, 2011                                     P. Kocher
                                                  Independent consultant
                                                           June 10, 2011


                      The SSL Protocol Version 3.0
                draft-mavrogiannopoulos-ssl-version3-06

Abstract

   This document specifies Version 3.0 of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL
   V3.0) protocol, a security protocol that provides communications
   privacy over the Internet.  The protocol allows client/server
   applications to communicate in a way that is designed to prevent
   eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery.

Foreword

   Although the SSL 3.0 protocol is a widely implemented protocol, a
   pioneer in secure communications protocols, and the basis for TLS it
   was never formally published by IETF, except in several expired
   internet-drafts.  This allowed no easy referencing to the protocol.
   We believe a stable reference to the original document should exist
   and for that reason, this document describes what is known as the
   last published version of the SSL 3.0 protocol.  That is the November
   18, 1996 version of the protocol.

   There were no changes to the original document other than trivial
   editorial changes and the addition of a "Security considerations"
   section.  However portions of the original draft that no longer apply
   were not included.  Such are the "Patent statement" section, the
   "Reserved ports assignment" section and the cipher-suite registrator
   note in the "The CipherSuite" section.  The "US export rules"
   discussed in the document do not apply today but are kept intact to
   provide context for decisions taken in protocol design.  The "Goals
   of This Document" section indicates the goals for adopters of SSL
   3.0, not goals of the IETF.

   The authors and editors were retained as in the original document.
   The editor of this document is Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
   (nikos.mavrogiannopoulos@esat.kuleuven.be).  The editor would like to
   thank Dan Harkins, Linda Dunbar, Sean Turner, and Geoffrey Keating
   for reviewing this document and providing helpful comments.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   2.  Goals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.  Goals of this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .