Cryptography / Encryption
Lesson 18 of 25
How TLS works
TLS (the S in HTTPS) uses certificates to check the server, key exchange to agree a secret, and AES to encrypt the conversation. Asymmetric and symmetric crypto working together.
Key points
- Handshake checks the certificate
- Key exchange creates a session key
- Symmetric cipher encrypts the data
Quiz · +10 XP
Which kind of encryption protects the bulk of HTTPS data?
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