TLS certificate
A credential proving a server's identity and enabling encrypted connections.
Learn it through a story
- The Math That Keeps Secrets (Cybersecurity for Juniors 3, Ch 13)
Related terms
- Threat modeling Systematically asking what could go wrong with a system, and for whom, before or while it's built.
- Threat modelling Asking in advance who could misuse something and what the worst outcome could be.
- Three two one rule Keep three copies, on two kinds of storage, with one copy kept somewhere else.
- Too-good-to-be-true offer Something valuable offered for nothing, with no real reason given.
- Trigger The secret signal, like the yellow sticker, that activates a backdoor.
- Two-factor authentication (2FA) A second, different check, like a one-time code, on top of your password.