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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The GM/T standards cover 2 protocols:
 The GM/T 0024-2014 SSL VPN protocol is different from IETF TLS in the follows aspects:
 
  - Current version of TLS is 1.2 (0x0303) while GM/T SSL version is 1.1 (0x0101).
- - The handshake protocol of GM/T SSL is diffenet from TLS handshake.
+ - The handshake protocol of GM/T SSL is different from TLS handshake.
  - There is an optional different record protocol in GM/T SSL designed for VPN applications.
  - GM/T SSL has 12 ciphersuites, some of these ciphers do not provide forward secrecy.