B. Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) has been the standard used for many years to secure systems over the internet. Primarily Web Browsers and Web servers rely on Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol to provide a channel that is securely encrypted for private communication over the public domain of the internet.. When the Web browser indicates that it is using a secure domain, a certain degree of encryption is employed which is dictated by the type of SSL Certificate. Thereafter the server sends a copy of its SSL [3] Certificate to the browser which will check with the certificate authority to determine if it can be trusted. If trust is successful, the server would send an acknowledgement to start an encrypted data session. A special type of greeting called an SSL handshake