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» Analysis of the SSL 3.0 Protocol
   This note gives a detailed technical analysis of the cryptographic strength of the SSL 3.0 protocol. A number of minor flaws in the protocol and several new active attacks on SSL are presented. [Acrobat] (D. Wagner and B. Schneier)
   http://www.schneier.com/paper-ssl.html

» HTTP Over TLS
   Document providing information and guidelines on using TLS to secure HTTP connections.
   http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2818

» RFC 2246 - The TLS Protocol Version 1.0
   This document specifies Version 1.0 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol.
   http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2246

» SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS
   Document describing the negotiating and upgrading plain socket connection to secure socket connection.
   http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2487

» SSL Version 2 Protocol Specification
   Superseded by SSL Version 3 and TLS, but implemented by most browsers and secure servers.
   http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ssl/draft02.html

» SSL encryption check
   Access this frameset to test if your browser supports TLS/SSL, and for a report of which cipher and key length is used.
   http://www.fortify.net/sslcheck.html