AirLive POE-200CAMv2 - Manual (Page 117)

AirLive POE‐200CAMv2 User’s Manual
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Sockets -
Sockets are a method for communication between a client program and a server program over a
network. A socket is defined as "the endpoint in a connection." Sockets are created and used with a set
of programming requests or "function calls" sometimes called the sockets application programming
interface (API).
SSL/TSL (Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security) -
These two protocols (SSL is succeeded by TSL) are cryptographic protocols that provide secure
communication on a network. SSL is commonly used over HTTP to form HTTPS, as used for example,
on the Internet for electronic financial transactions. SSL uses public key certificates to verify the identity
of the server.