From 3c49c9949feb45341f2cf85321d67b45c45abda9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingela Anderton Andin
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 09:39:38 +0200
Subject: ssl: Technically clarify description
Change description proposed by technical writer to make better use
of technical terms. Also add some new language improvments discussed
with the technical writer.
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lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_introduction.xml | 17 ++++++++---------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
(limited to 'lib/ssl/doc/src')
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_introduction.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_introduction.xml
index 6138749b79..64607a393a 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_introduction.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_introduction.xml
@@ -34,21 +34,20 @@
Purpose
Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, the Secure
- Sockets Layer (SSL) are cryptographic protocols designed to
- provide communications security over a computer network. They
- use x.509 certificates and hence asymmetric cryptography to
- authenticate the counterparty with whom they are communicating,
- and to exchange a symmetric key. This session key is then used
- to encrypt data flowing between the parties. This allows for
- data/message confidentiality, and message authentication codes
- for message integrity.
+ Sockets Layer (SSL), are cryptographic protocols designed to
+ provide communications security over a computer network. The protocols use
+ use X.509 certificates and hence public key (asymmetric) cryptography to
+ authenticate the counterpart with whom they communicate,
+ and to exchange a symmetric key for payload encryption. The protocol provides
+ data/message confidentiality (encryption), integrity (through message authentication code checks)
+ and host verification (through certificate path validation).
Prerequisites
It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the Erlang
programming language, the concepts of OTP, and has a basic
- understanding of SSL/TSP.
+ understanding of SSL/TLS.
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