FAQ - What is TLS/SSL
TLS stands for Transport Layer Security (formerly known as SSL or Secure Sockets Layer) and is what enables encrypted communications between a web browser and a web server.

Encrypted communications allow your password and other sensitive data to be sent back and forth across the Internet with out someone seeing it.

For more detailed and in-depth information, please go to the NIH TLS Certificate Authority - Cryptography Background page.

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