SSL/TLS: What's Under the Hood

Encrypted data, by definition, is obscured data. Most web application authentication happens over HTTPS, which uses SSL/TLS for encryption. Did you ever wonder what that authentication exchange looks like in plaintext? What if you are troubleshooting your HTTPS enabled web application and need to...

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Sally Vandeven

August 19, 2013

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