Chapter 2 Review

In this chapter, we have learned:

• The history of SSL.
• The current SSL version is 3.0.
• There are seven layers to the the OSI model.
• The SSL handshake steps in detail.
• The SSL alert protocol signals problems with an SSL session.
• About the change cipher spec protocol.
• A cipher suite is a set of cryptographic algorithms.

Let us go to chapter 3.

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