What happens behind the scene when I install an SSL certificate for a website?

I understand I need to upload my digital certificate that I obtained from CA and also my private key. But what happens in the server after I uploaded? Does the server actually read my certificate and sign a message taken from the cert and … Continue reading What happens behind the scene when I install an SSL certificate for a website?

what is the difference between the root CA certificate and the intermediate CSR certificate

I tried to search online for the difference between both CSR certificate and a certificate but I couldn’t find a concrete asnwer.
I am doing my own lab using this tutorial https://www.golinuxcloud.com/openssl-create-certificate-chain-linux… Continue reading what is the difference between the root CA certificate and the intermediate CSR certificate

Is there an SSL library that allows me to add and access extensions and the certificate data?

The subject (sort of) says it all…
Is there a TLS library (other than OpenSSL which does everything 🙂 ) that allows me to:

Add my own extensions to the TLS
Get the certificate data so I can make a certificate fingerprint

What I’m try… Continue reading Is there an SSL library that allows me to add and access extensions and the certificate data?