CHAPTER 15

PKI and Encryption Protocols

This chapter covers the following subjects:

images Public Key Infrastructure: In this section, we discuss PKI and its components, including private and public keys, certificates, certificate authorities, and the web of trust model.

images Security Protocols: Here, we define more security protocols such as S/MIME, SSL, TLS, SSH, and VPN-related protocols such as PPTP, L2TP, and IPsec. And three cheers if you want—these are the last of the TCP/IP security protocols in the book!

This short chapter wraps up the rest of the ...

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