You’ve seen the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar thousands of times. You know it means the connection is “secure.” But secure against what, exactly? And who decided to trust this website in the first place? The answer involves digital signatures, a global hierarchy of trusted organizations, and a problem that turns out to… Continue reading The Padlock in Your Browser: How SSL Certificates Actually Work
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From CSR to IIS: A Step-by-Step Guide to SSL Certificates with ADCS on Windows Server
Certificate is curial in modern security and having a public trusted certificate is as must in public facing services. However, in lab or internal environment self-signed certificate works as good as public one. I have some difficulty on sign a self-signed certificate in my ADCS environment, so this post will work you through the process.… Continue reading From CSR to IIS: A Step-by-Step Guide to SSL Certificates with ADCS on Windows Server