Is HTTPS TLS or SSL?

Question

How to know a HTTPS connection in use is TLS-based or SSL-based?

If I want to use TLS instead of SSL in Apache2, is there anything special to config?

Answer 1

Does it matter? TLS can be considered just a newer version of SSL, and SSLv3 is still secure and used.

"HTTPS" doesn't imply any version. By default, Apache's mod_ssl accepts all protocol versions, and most clients pick the newest supported one. You can change it using the SSLProtocol directive - most recent browsers support at least TLS v1.0.

(It would be helpful if you updated your question with why do you want TLS in particular.)

Answer 2

TLS is new name for SSL. And HTTPS mean HTTP + SSL/TLS. SSL is the World Standard for Web Security. SSL technology confronts the potential problems of unauthorized viewing of confidential information, data manipulation, data hijacking, phishing, and other insidious Web site frauds by encrypting sensitive data so that only authorized recipients can read it. If website is encrypted by SSL or TLS both call HTTPS.