Glossary: Cryptography and PKI

TLS (Transport Layer Security)

Also written: Transport Layer Security, TLS 1.2, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1

The protocol behind HTTPS, combining a certificate, an ECDHE key exchange, a signature and AES-GCM into one secure connection. Only TLS 1.2 and 1.3 are still safe to use.