Comments on: STARTTLS vs SSL vs TLS https://mailtrap.io/blog/starttls-ssl-tls/ Modern email delivery for developers and product teams Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: luke https://mailtrap.io/blog/starttls-ssl-tls/#comment-1562 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:53:51 +0000 https://blog.mailtrap.io/?p=1905#comment-1562 In reply to Steven.

i think the author is correct. Transport Layer Security (TLS) is the successor protocol to SSL. TLS is an improved version of SSL.

]]> By: George https://mailtrap.io/blog/starttls-ssl-tls/#comment-1525 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 23:22:57 +0000 https://blog.mailtrap.io/?p=1905#comment-1525 Thank you very much for such a clear explanation between SSL and TLS and STARTTLS.

]]> By: Zamomin https://mailtrap.io/blog/starttls-ssl-tls/#comment-1502 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:38:44 +0000 https://blog.mailtrap.io/?p=1905#comment-1502 Good explanation, thank you 🙂

]]> By: Steven https://mailtrap.io/blog/starttls-ssl-tls/#comment-1501 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 21:49:35 +0000 https://blog.mailtrap.io/?p=1905#comment-1501 I think you confusedS SSL & TLS in your sentence “SSL has since been deprecated, but it is still widely used along with its younger sibling.”

I think you meant to say “TLS has since been deprecated, but it is still widely used along with its younger sibling SSL. “

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