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Introduction to web encryption - Tomcat Tutorial
From the course: Learning Apache Tomcat
Introduction to web encryption
- [Instructor] No doubt you've heard of SSL, the technology behind the S in HTTPS web connections. But what exactly is it? SSL stands for secure sockets layer. It's a layer of encryption between your browser and a server. Without it, anyone on the same network as you can easily listen in on what's being sent and received, which is especially risky on public WiFi at a place like a coffee shop. One note, the current technology is really called SSL/TLS. TLS is the new name. But that's a mouthful, so I'm just going to call it SSL. If you want a more detailed overview that's a little less glossed-over and that gets into the specifics, I'd recommend searching the LinkedIn library. There's a lot of content on the topic. Also ssl.com has a really nice article about the SSL/TLS handshake process. A web server that supports SSL has two files referred to as the public key and the private key. I think it's easier to understand this concept if you think of the public key as a padlock rather than a…
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