Tech Blog: Sharing on the Go..

 SSL and WAF: Brief Info and Explanation SSL  As already known (Secure Sockets Layer) is nothing but an encrypted cipher-based Pub-Pvt Key (Size of the key depends on chosen key length) pair wherein the Public Key is issued by a known Certificate Authority (CA) which in turn is again identified by another or same Intermediate Certificate Authority (ICA). This public key is then paired with a private key information to which is only known to the originator of the certificate request. (CSR) This SSL acts as a layer of security for the HTTP based communication over the web making it HTTP(S). Wherein an end-client executes any transaction/sends any information in plain text and the data is processed by the server. This plain text is encrypted by the public key in the communication sent from the end-client and the same is decrypted with the help of private key only available to the originator/responding host server. This way the SSL helps cipher and decipher the plain text data aft...