Which of the following protocols uses a combination of public key and symmetric encryption to provide communication privacy, authentication, and message integrity for secure browsing on the Internet?

MS-CHAP v2 is a challenge-response authentication protocol used in PPP and VPN connections; it handles credential verification, not general-purpose encrypted communication sessions.

SSL uses public key cryptography during the handshake phase to authenticate the server and securely exchange a session key, then switches to symmetric encryption for efficient bulk data transfer - providing confidentiality, authentication, and integrity for HTTPS-based browsing.

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is a deprecated wireless LAN encryption protocol, not an Internet communication protocol for secure browsing.

EFS (Encrypting File System) is a Windows feature that encrypts files at rest on disk; it is not a network communication protocol and provides no browsing privacy or authentication.