What is the function of Secure Socket layer? - Web Security

What is the function of Secure Socket layer?

- Secure socket layer is used to provide the security protocol used by the Internet to provide an easy access to the websites.

- It provides a way to validate or identify the website by creating the information file and making the accessing possible.

- It creates an encrypted connection that provides the sending of the data from one source to another using the SSL.

- SSL provides a way to ensure that the security is being provided to the transaction and the data in use.

- The lock is used to display the browsers connection is closed or opened on the secure channel of SSL or TLS.