[Twisted-Python] Re: How to make a secure connection between two computers

[Steve Holden]

Martin Geisler wrote:
> Jean-Paul Calderone <exarkun at divmod.com> writes:
> 
>>> I am using TLS via GNUTLS via python-gnutls :-)
>>>
>>>  http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-gnutls
>>>
>>> As I understand it, TLS is the successor to SSL. Python-gnutls
>>> contains an example echo server and client that using Twisted and TLS.
>> Yes, although TLS is commonly referred to as SSL, and Twisted's "SSL"
>> support is actually support of SSL and TLS.
> 
> Okay, good to know.
> 
For the record, TLS is effectively the standardization of SSL by the 
IETF for inclusion into protocol stacks - SSL was originally provided as 
an application shim library layered over TCP, and had to be linked into 
every application that used it.

TLS can, I believe, also be referred to as SSL version 3.1, and I 
understand that the only significant change was the addition of a 
broader and more recent set of cipher specifications.

regards
  Steve
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