# Secure connections: HTTP over SSL

This section gives an introduction to SSL. The text is inspired by .

&neon; supports the use of HTTP over SSL The term SSL is used throughout this section to refer in general to both the SSL protocol developed by Netscape and its successor TLS, as adopted by the IETF. to implement secure connections. A secure connection in this context means a connection which has integrity, secrecy and is authenticated. Applications must go to some effort to correctly support secure connections—an application based on &neon; does not magically become secure simply by flicking a switch and enabling the use of SSL.