SSL server authentication and SSL Handshake
The Standard SSL Handshake
Information that the server needs to communicate with the client using SSL. This includes the SSL version number, cipher settings, session-specific data.
2. Server Hello
Information that the server needs to communicate with the client using SSL. This includes the SSL version number, cipher settings, session-specific data.
3. Authentication and Pre-Master Secret
Client authenticates the server certificate. (e.g. Common Name / Date / Issuer) Client (depending on the cipher) creates the pre-master secret for the session, Encrypts with the server's public key and sends the encrypted pre-master secret to the server.
4. Decryption and Master Secret
Server uses its private key to decrypt the pre-master secret. Both Server and Client perform steps to generate the master secret with the agreed cipher.
5. Encryption with Session Key
Both client and server exchange messages to inform that future messages will be encrypted.
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