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TLS & HTTPS

How the padlock works: encryption, integrity, and proving who you are talking to. Every section is a drawn page beside a clear written explanation, about 9 minutes in all.

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  • About 9 minutes
  • 6 sections
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The first drawn page of TLS & HTTPS: Why TLS?
The chapter's first page: Why TLS?

In this chapter

  • Why TLS?
  • HTTPS = HTTP + TLS
  • Three guarantees
  • The TLS handshake
  • Asymmetric to set up, symmetric to run
  • Certificates and the chain of trust

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