>Pardon my ignorance, just what is SSL? Secure Socket Layer.
Basically it is a protocol for doing other protocols in a more secure encoded manner. It helps keep people from "sniffing" or watching the data as it passes between you and the server. The most common place you will see it is on web purchases. Any self respecting web sales site will use SSL for the actual purchase transaction (and if they don't, I would never buy from them). A tell tale sign you are on a secure web site is the URL starts with HTTPS rather than HTTP. It is possible to do SSL email connections (and later versions of some email clients support it), but it is very rarely seen in public systems. When it is usued, it generally is used on private company systems that need higher security (banking email for instance would probably use it). But it is definitly odd that a widely public ISP like AT&T's WorldNet service would use it. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
