F5 Interview Question

Describe a full SSL session negotiation.

Interview Answers

Anonymous

Jul 23, 2015

TCP Three way handshake is not part of SSL session negotiation. This already happened at L4 and encryption takes place at L6. Client Hello, Server Hello (server key), Client Key Exchange, Client Finished, Server Finished. Encrypted messages can now be exchanged.

Anonymous

Aug 29, 2011

TCP three way handshake Client Hello Server hello Server Certificate Pre Master secret Calculation Pre master secret exchange Master Secret calculate Ciphertext using master secret SSL session established ...

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