Recent data loss on financial servers due to security breaches forced the system administrator to harden their
systems. Which of the following algorithms with transport encryption would be implemented to provide the
MOST secure web connections to manage and access these servers?
A.
SSL
B.
TLS
C.
HTTP
D.
FTP
Explanation:
Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), are cryptographic protocols
designed to provide communications security over a computer network. Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a
security protocol that expands upon SSL. Many industry analysts predict that TLS will replace SSL in the future.
TLS 1.0 was first defined in RFC 2246 in January 1999 as an upgrade of SSL Version 3.0. As of February
2015, the latest versions of all major web browsers support TLS 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2, have them enabled by
default.