TLS

Transport Layer SecurityRefers to whether or not IoT devices or data are protected from unauthorized viewers.. A very common internet security protocolAn agreed way of doing something. Like a convention, except that protocols tend to be related to processes.. You can think of it as an updated version of SSLSecure Sockets Layer. A common internet security protocol. TLS is a more recent version of this, but SSL is still used. Works with TCP on Layer 4 of the stack., although both are still used. Used with TCPTransmission Control Protocol. A more reliable way to set up connections that might have two-way traffic or need better guarantees that messages get delivered. Used on Layer 4 of the stack. on Layer 4 of the stackRelated to communications: A way of organizing parts of a complicated process (like communications) so that any task relies on tasks below it and feeds the tasks above it. Related to computing: A place in memory where you store “where was I?” information when you go from, say, one function into another. Before starting a new function, you store where you were in the old one so that, when the new function ends and you’re back in the old one, you can figure out where you were and continue on..