<br />
<b>Warning</b>:  Undefined array key "global_protection_id" in <b>/home/wikitechy/public_html/interview-questions/wp-content/plugins/content-protector/inc/class-ps-rest-handler.php</b> on line <b>51</b><br />
{"id":772,"date":"2021-07-17T19:24:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T19:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=772"},"modified":"2021-09-11T07:03:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T07:03:59","slug":"what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an SSL and how does it works ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TextHeading\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<h2 id=\"what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\" class=\"color-pink\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">What is an SSL and how does it works ?<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/tutorials\/node-js\/node-js-tls-ssl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)<\/a>\u00a0is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser.<\/li>\n<li>This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalserver.com.mx\/certificados-ssl.shtml\">Certificado SSL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-center row\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"TextHeading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<h2 id=\"working-of-ssl\" class=\"color-green\">Working of SSL:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ImageContent\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"hddn\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive center-block\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/ssl.jpg\" alt=\"ssl\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Content\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">An end-user asks their browser to make a secure connection to a website<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The browser obtains the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/final-year-project\/dotnet\/server-hacking\/finding-ip-address-module\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IP address<\/a>\u00a0of the site from a DNS server then requests a secure connection to the website.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">To initiate this secure connection, the browser requests that the server identifies itself by sending a copy of its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forums.wikitechy.com\/question\/pip-install-fails-with-connection-error-ssl-certificate_verify_failed-certificate-verify-failed-_ssl-c598\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL certificate<\/a>\u00a0to the browser.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The browser checks the certificate to ensure:\n<ul>\n<li>That it is signed by a trusted CA.<\/li>\n<li>That it is valid &#8211; that it has not expired or been revoked.<\/li>\n<li>That it confirms to required security standards on key lengths and other items.<\/li>\n<li>That the domain listed on the certificate matches the domain that was requested by the user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the browser confirms that the website can be trusted, it creates a symmetric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/tutorials\/laravel\/laravel-session\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">session key<\/a>\u00a0which it encrypts with the public key in the website&#8217;s certificate. The session key is then sent to the web server.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The web server uses its private key to decrypt the symmetric session key.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The server sends back an acknowledgement that is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forums.wikitechy.com\/question\/how-can-i-encrypt-and-decrypt-a-string-in-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">encrypted<\/a>\u00a0with the session key.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">From now on, all data transmitted between the server and the browser is encrypted and secure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer : SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"passster_activate_protection":false,"passster_protect_child_pages":"","passster_protection_type":"password","passster_password":"","passster_activate_overwrite_defaults":"","passster_headline":"","passster_instruction":"","passster_placeholder":"","passster_button":"","passster_id":"","passster_activate_misc_settings":"","passster_redirect_url":"","passster_hide":"no","passster_area_shortcode":"","gtb_hide_title":false,"gtb_wrap_title":false,"gtb_class_title":"","gtb_remove_headerfooter":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4590],"tags":[195,201,4609,360,221,203,199,363,4606,4933,205,222,362,4923,4922,4929,4917,4925,4928,4916,196,212,213,710,207,4605,366,204,217,288,367,483,206,4938,4937,4941,4926,4931,4932,4936,4934,4921,4919,4935,4918,4927,4939,4942,4608,200,197,4607,4940,4924,4920,4930],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking","tag-accenture-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-allstate-solutions-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-applied-mate-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-atos-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-bharti-airtel-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-capgemini-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-casting-networks-india-pvt-limited-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-ciena-corporation-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-css-corp-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-define-ssl","tag-dell-international-services-india-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-flipkart-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-hcl-technologies-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-how-does-ssl-work","tag-how-https-works-step-by-step","tag-how-ssl-certificate-works-between-client-and-server","tag-how-ssl-certificates-work-diagram","tag-how-ssl-hand","tag-how-ssl-works","tag-how-ssl-works-step-by-step","tag-ibm-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-indecomm-global-services-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-infosys-technologies-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-mavenir-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-mphasis-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-ncr-corporation-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-netapp-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-oracle-corporation-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-peoplestrong-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-r-systems-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-rbs-india-development-centre-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-reliance-industries-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-sap-labs-india-pvt-ltd-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-secure-socket-layer","tag-secure-sockets-layer","tag-secure-sockets-layer-ssl","tag-shake-works","tag-ssl","tag-ssl-certificate","tag-ssl-definition","tag-ssl-encryption","tag-ssl-handshake","tag-ssl-https","tag-ssl-key","tag-ssl-protocol","tag-ssl-protocol-stack","tag-ssl-security","tag-ssls","tag-tata-communications-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-tech-mahindra-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-unitedhealth-group-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-virtela-interview-questions-and-answers","tag-what-does-ssl-mean","tag-what-is-ssl","tag-what-is-ssl-certificate","tag-what-is-ssl-how-does-it-work"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is an SSL and how does it works ? - Networking - Wikitechy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - Networking - Wikitechy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wikitechy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-17T19:24:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-11T07:03:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/ssl.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/\",\"name\":\"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - Networking - Wikitechy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/ssl.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-17T19:24:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-11T07:03:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#\/schema\/person\/4d5a581fb5470d1560324bddc5e8b757\"},\"description\":\"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/ssl.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/ssl.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/\",\"name\":\"Wikitechy\",\"description\":\"Interview Questions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#\/schema\/person\/4d5a581fb5470d1560324bddc5e8b757\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9531079fe7e07841b7b156c04d65e5f39d4adfd18b6ffe3edfff8ca5aab85b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9531079fe7e07841b7b156c04d65e5f39d4adfd18b6ffe3edfff8ca5aab85b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - Networking - Wikitechy","description":"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - Networking - Wikitechy","og_description":"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/","og_site_name":"Wikitechy","article_published_time":"2021-07-17T19:24:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-11T07:03:59+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/ssl.jpg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/","name":"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - Networking - Wikitechy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/ssl.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-17T19:24:49+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-11T07:03:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#\/schema\/person\/4d5a581fb5470d1560324bddc5e8b757"},"description":"What is an SSL and how does it works ? - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-an-ssl-and-how-does-it-works\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/ssl.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/ssl.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/","name":"Wikitechy","description":"Interview Questions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#\/schema\/person\/4d5a581fb5470d1560324bddc5e8b757","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9531079fe7e07841b7b156c04d65e5f39d4adfd18b6ffe3edfff8ca5aab85b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9531079fe7e07841b7b156c04d65e5f39d4adfd18b6ffe3edfff8ca5aab85b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3323,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions\/3323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}