Overview#

SSLv2 or Secure Socket Layer version 2 is described in a draft, had a number of weaknesses, some of them rather serious, so it is Prohibiting Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Version 2.0 (RFC 6176) and newer SSL-TLS implementations MUST NOT support it (while older deactivated by default).

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Deprecating Secure Sockets Layer Version 3.0
• EDirectory TLS
• Known Cipher Suites
• Private Communications Technology
• Prohibiting Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Version 2.0
• Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
• SSLv2
• Schannel SSP
• Secure Socket Layer
• Transport Layer Security