Analysis of the SSL 3.0 Protocol
- This note gives a detailed technical analysis of the cryptographic strength of the SSL 3.0 protocol. A number of minor flaws in the protocol and several new active attacks on SSL are presented. [Acrobat] (D. Wagner and B. Schneier)
- http://www.schneier.com/paper-ssl.html

HTTP Over TLS
- Document providing information and guidelines on using TLS to secure HTTP connections.
- http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2818

SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS
- Document describing the negotiating and upgrading plain socket connection to secure socket connection.
- http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2487

RFC 2246 - The TLS Protocol Version 1.0
- This document specifies Version 1.0 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol.
- http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2246

SSL & TLS
- RFC's, drafts, and relevant documents of SSL and TLS in Japanese and English
- http://www21.ocn.ne.jp/~k-west/SSLandTLS/index-e.html

SSL Version 2 Protocol Specification
- Superseded by SSL Version 3 and TLS, but implemented by most browsers and secure servers.
- http://wp.netscape.com/eng/security/SSL_2.html

SSL encryption check
- Access this frameset to test if your browser supports TLS/SSL, and for a report of which cipher and key length is used.
- http://www.fortify.net/sslcheck.html