The SSL/TLS library can be used for authentication and encryption purposes. This library is part of the OpenSSL Software that is installed on any modern operating system. If available, SSL/TLS certificate-based authentication and encryption should always be first choice for any tunnel you create.

SSL, also known as TLS, is a protocol originally designed by Netscape Communications Corporation to ensure easy-to-use data integrity and authenticity for the fast growing Internet in the 1990s. Everybody using a modern browser can participate in encrypted communication. SSL/TLS is an outstanding technology that is being used all over the Web for banking, e-commerce, or any other application where privacy and security are needed. It is being steadily controlled, debugged, tested, and improved by both open source and proprietary developers and many corporations.

As SSL/TLS resides beneath application protocols, it can be used for almost any application. Every surfer has noticed URLs...