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By Paul Gil, About.com Guide to Internet for Beginners since 2004

"What is 'SSL'? Is it the same as 'SSH'?"

Wednesday April 2, 2008
You see these odd technical expressions around the net. Techie guys will say "we use full SSL for our shopping carts". They will also say "our network administrators use full SSH management techniques". But what exactly do these cryptic acronyms mean? Well, both terms have to do with online security and encryption. You see, SSL and SSH work like this...
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