SSL
E35266
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide secure, encrypted communication over a computer network, commonly used to protect data transmitted between clients and servers.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SSL canonical | 19 |
| Secure Sockets Layer | 7 |
| SSL/TLS | 1 |
| Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T270575 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SSL Context triple: [POP3, canUse, SSL]
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A.
TLS
TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a cryptographic protocol that secures data transmitted over networks by providing encryption, authentication, and integrity between communicating applications.
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B.
HTTPS
HTTPS is the secure version of the HTTP protocol that encrypts data exchanged between a client and server to protect confidentiality and integrity on the web.
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C.
SSL 2.0
SSL 2.0 is an early, now-obsolete version of the Secure Sockets Layer protocol that provided encrypted communication over networks before being replaced by more secure successors like TLS.
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D.
SSL 3.0
SSL 3.0 is an obsolete cryptographic protocol that once secured internet communications and served as the foundation for the early versions of TLS.
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E.
RFC 5246
RFC 5246 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.2, a widely used protocol for securing communications over computer networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SSL Target entity description: SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide secure, encrypted communication over a computer network, commonly used to protect data transmitted between clients and servers.
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A.
TLS
TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a cryptographic protocol that secures data transmitted over networks by providing encryption, authentication, and integrity between communicating applications.
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B.
HTTPS
HTTPS is the secure version of the HTTP protocol that encrypts data exchanged between a client and server to protect confidentiality and integrity on the web.
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C.
SSL 2.0
SSL 2.0 is an early, now-obsolete version of the Secure Sockets Layer protocol that provided encrypted communication over networks before being replaced by more secure successors like TLS.
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D.
SSL 3.0
SSL 3.0 is an obsolete cryptographic protocol that once secured internet communications and served as the foundation for the early versions of TLS.
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E.
RFC 5246
RFC 5246 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.2, a widely used protocol for securing communications over computer networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cryptographic protocol
ⓘ
protocol version ⓘ protocol version ⓘ protocol version ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
SSL
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Secure Sockets Layer
|
| commonlyMisusedToReferTo | TLS ⓘ |
| deprecatedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
IETF
|
| designedFor | secure communication over a computer network ⓘ |
| developedBy | Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ |
| enables | secure HTTP connections ⓘ |
| fullName |
SSL
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Secure Sockets Layer
|
| handshakePhase | establishes session keys ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
SSL 1.0
ⓘ
SSL 2.0 ⓘ SSL 3.0 ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1994 ⓘ |
| layer | between transport layer and application layer ⓘ |
| negotiates | cipher suites ⓘ |
| notRecommendedFor | modern secure communications ⓘ |
| operatesOver | reliable transport ⓘ |
| provides |
authentication
ⓘ
confidentiality ⓘ encryption ⓘ integrity ⓘ |
| publishedIn |
1995
ⓘ
1996 ⓘ |
| recordLayer | protects application data ⓘ |
| runsOnTopOf |
Transmission Control Protocol
ⓘ
surface form:
TCP
|
| standardizedAs | TLS ⓘ |
| status |
deprecated
ⓘ
deprecated ⓘ never publicly released ⓘ |
| succeededBy | TLS ⓘ |
| supports |
X.509 certificates
ⓘ
optional client authentication ⓘ server authentication ⓘ |
| usedFor | protecting data transmitted between clients and servers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
VoIP
ⓘ
email protocols ⓘ instant messaging ⓘ web browsing ⓘ |
| usedWith | HTTPS ⓘ |
| uses |
message authentication codes
ⓘ
public key cryptography ⓘ symmetric key cryptography ⓘ |
| usesPortByConvention | 443 ⓘ |
| vulnerableTo |
POODLE attack
ⓘ
POODLE attack ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SSL Description of subject: SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide secure, encrypted communication over a computer network, commonly used to protect data transmitted between clients and servers.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
X.509 certificate
this entity surface form:
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol
subject surface form:
RC4
this entity surface form:
Secure Sockets Layer
this entity surface form:
Secure Sockets Layer
this entity surface form:
Secure Sockets Layer
this entity surface form:
Secure Sockets Layer
subject surface form:
Netscape Enterprise Server