This document provides an overview of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, including its history, purpose, and security issues. It discusses the two levels of TLS (handshake and recording layers), common attacks against previous versions like BEAST and Heartbleed, and the new improvements in TLS 1.3 like 0-RTT handshake and improved security. The goal of TLS is to provide privacy and integrity for communication between applications using encryption negotiated during the handshake and message authentication codes.