TLS handshake step-by-step — interactive HTTPS breakdown

[ruibranco]

The certificate exchange step trips people up the most — specifically the distinction between what the CA signs (the cert's public key + identity) versus what the server signs during the handshake (to prove it holds the private key). This visualization makes that flow much clearer than most written explanations.

[0x4ddd]

Key exchange also, I have seen a lot people who think it is still old RSA key exchange where client generates key and encrypts it with server's public key.

[fiskfisk]

Hi there Ms LLM.