Refers to Version 2.0 of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, this is used for securely transmitting encrypted data across the web.
SSLv2 refers to Version 2.0 of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, this is used for securely transmitting encrypted data across the web.
SSLv2 has been deprecated in favor of SSLv3 because it "contained a number of security flaws which ultimately led to the design of SSL version 3.0"
Please see SSLv3 for the updated and preferred method to use SSL