<li><code>SSLv2</code>
<p>
This is the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, version 2.0. It is the
- original SSL protocol as designed by Netscape Corporation.</p></li>
+ original SSL protocol as designed by Netscape Corporation. Though it's
+ use has been deprecated, because of weaknesses in the security of the protocol.</p></li>
<li><code>SSLv3</code>
<p>
- This is the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, version 3.0. It is the
- successor to SSLv2 and the currently (as of February 1999) de-facto
- standardized SSL protocol from Netscape Corporation. It's supported by
+ This is the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, version 3.0, from the Netscape Corportaion.
+ It is the successor to SSLv2 and the predecessor to TLSv1. It's supported by
almost all popular browsers.</p></li>
<li><code>TLSv1</code>
<p>
This is the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, version 1.0. It is the
- successor to SSLv3 and currently (as of February 1999) still under
- construction by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It's still
- not supported by any popular browsers.</p></li>
+ successor to SSLv3 and is defined in <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2246.txt">RFC2246</a>.
+ Which has been obsoleted by <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4346.txt">RFC4346</a>.</p></li>
<li><code>All</code>
<p>
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE modulesynopsis SYSTEM "../style/modulesynopsis.dtd">
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../style/manual.en.xsl"?>
<!-- $LastChangedRevision$ -->
<li><code>SSLv2</code>
<p>
This is the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, version 2.0. It is the
- original SSL protocol as designed by Netscape Corporation.</p></li>
+ original SSL protocol as designed by Netscape Corporation. Though it's
+ use has been deprecated, because of weaknesses in the security of the protocol.</p></li>
<li><code>SSLv3</code>
<p>
- This is the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, version 3.0. It is the
- successor to SSLv2 and the currently (as of February 1999) de-facto
- standardized SSL protocol from Netscape Corporation. It's supported by
+ This is the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, version 3.0, from the Netscape Corportaion.
+ It is the successor to SSLv2 and the predecessor to TLSv1. It's supported by
almost all popular browsers.</p></li>
<li><code>TLSv1</code>
<p>
This is the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, version 1.0. It is the
- successor to SSLv3 and currently (as of February 1999) still under
- construction by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It's still
- not supported by any popular browsers.</p></li>
+ successor to SSLv3 and is defined in <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2246.txt">RFC2246</a>.
+ Which has been obsoleted by <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4346.txt">RFC4346</a>.</p></li>
<li><code>All</code>
<p>