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<sect1 id="ssl"> <!-- -*- xml -*- -->
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<title>Secure connections: HTTP over SSL</title>
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<para>This section gives an introduction to SSL. The text is
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inspired by <xref linkend="bib.ssltls"/>.</para>
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<para>&neon; supports the use of HTTP over SSL<footnote id="foot.ssl.term"><para>The
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term <quote>SSL</quote> is used throughout this section to refer in
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general to both the SSL protocol developed by Netscape and its
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successor TLS, as adopted by the IETF.</para></footnote> to implement
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<firstterm>secure connections</firstterm>. A secure connection in
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this context means a connection which has
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<emphasis>integrity</emphasis>, <emphasis>secrecy</emphasis> and is
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<emphasis>authenticated</emphasis>. Applications must go to some
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effort to correctly support secure connections—an application
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based on &neon; does not magically become <quote>secure</quote> simply
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by flicking a switch and enabling the use of SSL.</para>
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<!-- SSL: integrity, secrecy, authentication. -->
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<!-- what is a certificate -->
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</sect1>
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