Secure Sockets Layer protocol A network protocol that allows the two ends of a unicast communication link to authenticate one another and to establish an encrypted connection. Akenti and most other SSL-enabled applications use SSL version 3. See also Transport Layer Security protocol . SSL Abbreviation for the Secure Sockets Layer protocol. A party with authority to grant access to a resource .
Stakeholders express their interest in the resource via use conditions .
In the Akenti system, a subject is usually a human being or a resource . TLS Abbreviation for the Transport Layer Security protocol. The IETF 's Transport Layer Security working group is in charge of the standardization process. A certificate that states a requirement that a user must meet to be granted access to the resource . Distributed Security research and development is funded by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences Division.