Question

Ssl/tls provides security ________. a. between the sender and his or her e-mail server b. all the way between the sender and the receiver c. both a and b d. neither a nor

Answer 1

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and TLS stands for its successor Transport Layer Security. They are protocols responsible for encryption and authentication and are application-layer protocols. SSL/TLS provides security all the way between the sender and the receiver, which means also between the sender and his or her e-mail server . Correct answer: c. both a and b.