KB ID 0001675 What are these protocols? Both SSL and TLS are cryptographic protocols designed to secure communications over a network (remember the internet is just a network). Originally we had SSL version 1 and version 2. But they were, (to be honest) ‘a bit bobbins’ and full of security holes, so never really took off. Version 3 however did and was widely supported. The problem with version 3 was, (again) that was also ‘bobbins’. All this came to a head with the Poodle exploit and people started getting rid of SSLv3. So, what about TLS? Well TLS v1.0 was largely based on, (but not compatible with)...