A Comprehensive Survey on SSL/ TLS and their Vulnerabilities

The boom of internet, web technologies bring the whole world under a single roof. Transferring information through e-ways leads security to be an important aspect to deal with. In IP network, SSL/ TLS is the protocol works on the top of the transport layer to secure application traffic and provides end to end secure communication. A security hole in those protocols makes the communication channel vulnerable to be eavesdropped and modified information later. This paper discuses SSL and TLS architectures and presents survey on attacks against SSL/TLS. It also highlights the factors influence on those attacks.