On the Security of TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3. A Comparison : Grin Verlag : 9783346456618 : 3346456617 : 01 Sep 2021 : Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Computer Science - IT-Security, grade: 95%, Ruhr-University of Bochum, language: English, abstract: This report analyses the security of older TLS versions by illustrating a taxonomy of attacks and explaining technical details on the BEAST and Lucky Thirteen attack. The fundamentals of TLS are based on the TLS 1.2 standard. Furthermore, the advantages of a migration to TLS 1.3 are highlighted. The internet has become part of our daily lives. When the internet was originally designed, no one was considering the potential threats it might behold. Today, all devices connected to the internet have one thing in common - they rely on secure protocols to protect the information in transit. This is where Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) come into play. The Transport Layer Security protocol quickly became domi