Secure Sockets Layer (ssL) Protocol
SSL provides a security "handshake" in client and server computers exchange which the SSL provides a security a brief burst of messages. those messages, the client and server agree on the level of security to be used for exchange of digital certificates and other tasks. Each computer other. After identification, and decrypts information flowing between the two computers. This means that information in both the HTTP request and any HTTP response is encrypted. Encrypted information includes the URL the client is requesting, any forms containing information the user has completed (which might include sensitive information such as a login, a password, or a credit card number), and HTTP access authorization data, such as usernames and passwords. In short, all communication between ssl enabled clients and servers is encoded. When SSL encodes everything flowing between the client and server, an per receives only unintelligible information