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Home Projects My Learning Plans Secure Comms Phase 1: TLS 1.3 + X.509 Fundamentals

Phase 1 Week 1: Cryptographic Foundations

  • Day 1: SSL/TLS History and Threat Model
  • Day 2: Symmetric Cryptography in TLS
  • Day 3: Asymmetric Cryptography in TLS
  • Day 4: Hash Functions, HMAC, and HKDF
  • Day 5: PKI Concepts Overview
  • Day 6: RFC 8446 §1–3 and the Record Layer
  • Day 7: Challenge Day — TLS Connection Inspector
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