# What is the SSL feature?

What is the SSL feature?

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- Posted at: about 4 years ago
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According to SSL.com's article entitled "What is SSL?", SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and its successor, TLS (Transport Layer Security), are protocols for establishing authenticated and encrypted links between networked computers. Although the SSL protocol was deprecated with the release of TLS 1.0 in 1999, it is still common to refer to these related technologies as “SSL” or “SSL/TLS.” TLS (Transport Layer Security), released in 1999, is the successor to the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol for authentication and encryption. TLS 1.3 is defined in RFC 8446 (August 2018).

An SSL certificate (also known as a TLS or SSL/TLS certificate) is a digital document that binds the identity of a website to a cryptographic key pair consisting of a public key and a private key. The public key, included in the certificate, allows a web browser to initiate an encrypted communication session with a web server via the TLS and HTTPS protocols. The private key is kept secure on the server, and is used to digitally sign web pages and other documents (such as images and JavaScript files).

SSL.com offers a wide range of SSL certificates including the ones linked below:

Premium SSL Certificate: https://www.ssl.com/certificates/premiumssl/

High Assurance SSL Certificate: https://www.ssl.com/certificates/high_assurance/

Enterprise EV SSL Certificate: https://www.ssl.com/certificates/ev/

Wildcard SSL Certificate: https://www.ssl.com/ssl-wildcard-certificates/

Multi-Domain UCC/SAN SSL Certificate: https://www.ssl.com/certificates/ucc/

Enterprise EV UCC/SAN SSL Certificate: https://www.ssl.com/certificates/evucc/

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- Posted at: almost 4 years ago
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[SSL.com](https://www.g2.com/products/ssl-com/reviews)

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[SSL & TLS Certificate Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/ssl-tls-certificate-tools)

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