Chapter 1. Generalities

Table of Contents
1.1. History
1.2. Introduction
1.2.1. Disclaimer and Licence
1.2.2. Prior knowledge
1.3. What is SSL and what are Certificates?
1.3.1. Private Key/Public Key:
1.3.2. The Certificate:
1.3.3. The Symmetric key:
1.3.4. Encryption algorithm:
1.3.5. The Hash:
1.3.6. Signing:
1.3.7. PassPhrase:
1.4. What about S/Mime or other protocols?