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<reference anchor='RFC2246'>

<front>
<title>The TLS Protocol Version 1.0</title>
<author initials='T.' surname='Dierks' fullname='Tim Dierks'>
<organization>Certicom</organization>
<address>
<email>tdierks@certicom.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='C.' surname='Allen' fullname='Christopher Allen'>
<organization>Certicom</organization>
<address>
<email>callen@certicom.com</email></address></author>
<date month='January' year='1999' />
<abstract>
<t>This document specifies Version 1.0 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. The TLS protocol provides communications privacy over the Internet. The protocol allows client/server applications to communicate in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2246' />
<format type='TXT' octets='170401' target='ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2246.txt' />
</reference>
