SSL is an abbreviation for Secure Sockets Layer, and it’s a protocol that allows for secure communication over a computer network, most commonly the Internet. It ensures that data exchanged between a user’s web browser and a website’s server is encrypted and secure, preventing unauthorised access and tampering
CSRF attacks use a web application’s trust in a user’s browser. When a user logs into a web application, the application assumes that any requests sent by the user’s browser are valid. An attacker can gain control of this trust by tricking the user into visiting a malicious website that sends a CSRF request to the trusted application.
A RESTful API (Application Programming Interface) is a type of web API that follows the principles of Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture.