SSL info

[Hassan]

Where can I get some basic info on what SSL is ? I have seen that one can
connect to SQL using SSL but dont know what SSL is to begin with

[Remus Rusanu [MSFT]]

This is a good start: 'What is SSL' in MSDN:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/TechRef/ed5ae700-e05e-45ef-b536-45795dbb99a2.mspx

Wikipedia has an entry on SSL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer

If you can get your hands on 'SSL and TLS' by Eric Rescorla is a very good
book on this subject.

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~ Remus Rusanu

SQL Service Broker
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms166043(en-US,SQL.90).aspx

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[Hassan]

Are there even more basics that can tell me about keys and certificates ? I
already am confused when they talk about certificates and keys and public
and private and symmetric and assymetric.

Are there any basics on all of that too someplace that I can read ?

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[Sam Hobbs]

SSL is among the easiest terms to search the internet for and searching the
internet for it yields so many results that it is a good way to learn about
searching the internet.

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