WWW Security
Text Encryption Protocols
- PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
- Hybrid (RSA and IDEA-International Data Encryption algorithm) encryption package that provides cryptographic protection of emails and files.
- S/MIME
Network Protocols
- SSL - Secure Socket Layer
- Used on top of TCP/IP for secure communication between Web clients
- PPTP - Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
- Provides encryption between Windows NT clients and servers
- Limitation- Does not apply to non windows NT