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

Phase 1 Week 4: X.509 Certificates

  • Day 22: ASN.1 and DER Encoding
  • Day 23: X.509 Certificate Structure — TBSCertificate
  • Day 24: Core Extensions — BasicConstraints, KeyUsage, EKU
  • Day 25: SANs, AKI, SKI, and pathLenConstraint
  • Day 26: Certificate Chain Validation — RFC 5280 §6
  • Day 27: CRL Structure and Distribution
  • Day 28: OCSP Protocol — Requests, Responses, Delegated Responders
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