4.1   What is SSL, anyway?

   SSL  stands  for  Secure Socket Layer.  It was invented at Netscape as a
means  of  encrypting data that is to be sent over HTTP (hypertext transfer
protocol)  connections.   Whenever  you  visit  a  site  whose URL (Uniform
Resource  Locator) begins with https:// (rather than the usual http://) you
are dealing with a potentially secure site.

   Ideally, SSL is transparent to the user.  When you access a secure site,
your  browser  and the server should negotiate a suitable encryption method
and then your surfing should continue uninterupted.

   Like  Netscape  and  Microsoft  Internet  Explorer, there is a visual
change  in  the Voyager V2.95 GUI when you are accessing a secure site:  it
displays  a  small icon of an unbroken key in the lower-left hand corner of
the  screen when you are surfing a secure site.  If in doubt, check the URL
box.  If it begins https://, then chances are you are surfing securely.