IT encyclopedias & acronym explanations

• whatis.com, great starting point, high quality links to web ressources

News

• Heise newsticker (german)
• c|net news
• ZDNet news

Security, SSL, Certificates

• SSL Basics for Internet Users – RSA Security
• The SSL Protocol – profound technical explanation
• Secure Socket Layer – Very nice semester project by Thomas Lehner, University of Linz, Austria (german)
• Introduction to SSL – Netscape
• Introduction to Public-Key Cryptography – Netscape
• TLS Working Group – IETF
• Java Security FAQ – Sun
• Java Security APIs – Sun