crypto/tls

Crypto
import "crypto/tls"

Implements TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 for secure network connections.

Example

package main

import "crypto/tls"

func main() {
    config := &tls.Config{
        MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS13,
    }
    _ = config
}

Key Types & Functions

ConfigConnCertificateDialListen

About crypto/tls

The crypto/tls package (imported as crypto/tls) belongs to the Crypto category of Go packages. Implements TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 for secure network connections.

Go's standard library is one of the language's greatest strengths, providing production-ready implementations for networking, cryptography, encoding, I/O, and more. The crypto/tls package follows Go's philosophy of simplicity and composability — small, focused packages that combine through interfaces like io.Reader and io.Writer.

When using crypto/tls in production, follow Go best practices: handle errors explicitly, use context for cancellation and timeouts, prefer composition over inheritance, and write table-driven tests. The Go documentation at pkg.go.dev provides comprehensive API references and examples for every exported type and function.

Related Packages

netnet/httpcrypto