Certificates of Authority: Do you really understand how SSL / TLS works?

The Internet would be unusable without certificates and Certificates of Authority. If CAs got comprised or their private keys got stolen, we would be in big trouble. Warning! We go deep in this video and explain why certificates are critical to your online life and the Internet. This is a technical deep dive and covers a lot of detail. // Ed's TLS course // https://davidbombal.wiki/edtls49 Use coupon code: "BombalTLS" to get the course for $49 // Videos mentioned // TLS Handshake Deep Dive and decryption with Wireshark: https://youtu.be/25_ftpJ-2ME She hacked me (Cori): https://youtu.be/U6pDqFhN82I // Websites mentioned // badssl: https://badssl.com/ crt sh: https://crt.sh/ // MENU // 00:00 - Coming up 00:55 - Intro 01:00 - SSL Certificates 01:55 - How to validate website certificates 05:05 - Why certificates are important 08:10 - What is a CA? // Explanation of the Cerificate Authority 12:35 - Certificate chain 15:00 - Inspecting certificates 22:42 - Inspecting certificates // RSA Public-Keys 26:26 - Inspecting certificates // Extensions 28:07 - Wildcard certificates 29:20 - Inspecting certificates // Extensions (cont'd) 32:07 - Testing certificates // badssl.com 36:02 - Inspecting certificates 43:19 - Learn more about SSL/TLS 44:47 - Closing thoughts // TLS in the fututre