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name: oip-what-is-tls
description: Apply the TLS: The Foundation of Trust on the Wire article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# TLS: The Foundation of Trust on the Wire

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/oip-what-is-tls). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/oip-what-is-tls.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/oip-what-is-tls/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

TLS Transport Layer Security is the cryptographic protocol that wraps plaintext communication in authenticated, encrypted, and integrity-verified envelopes. Every time you see a padlock in a browser, TLS is the machinery behind it. It turns

## Representations

- Human: /a/oip-what-is-tls
- JSON: /api/articles/oip-what-is-tls
- Relationships: /api/articles/oip-what-is-tls/topology
- History: /api/articles/oip-what-is-tls/revisions
