On 10/23/2003 05:33 PM Punjabi, Naveen K wrote:
Hello Adam, Well yes, in case of SSL (secure socket Layer) all your form content along with the page header will go in an encrypted format. If you want to know in detail how SSL works then here goes the entire explanation
SSL is based on the Public Key crypto system with following steps
1. When you type an SSL URL, the browser sends a hello message to the
server. 2. The server then sends its own Certificate and a random nonce
encrypted with its public Key.
3. The browser gets the Server certificate. Verifies it. Gets the public
Key from the certificate and authenticates the server
4. The client then makes an MASTER KEY and encrypts it with the server
public key. It sends its own certificate to the server. And also a nonce
encrypted with its own public key.
5. Now server takes the client certificate. Verifies it. Gets the public
key of client from the certificate and authenticates the client. 6. Now the server knows the client public key, so it just decrypts the
encrypted Master Key. this master key then becomes the secret key for
further transactions between the client and server.
Thanks for the excellent run-down, Naveen.
regards Adam
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