Richard Lynch wrote: >In the HTTPS exchange, however, extra key-pairs are generated on the fly, >and the private half of the new pair are exchanged, encrypted with the >public halfs of the old pairs, so that the server and the browser are using >a UNIQUE public/private pair so that nobody can snoop on them... > >Or, at least, it works something like that... I'm telling you, you really >don't need to understand this stuff if it gives you a headache as bad as it >gives me :-) >
If you want a basic understanding of PKI, how it works, what problems it solves, etc., I highly recommend a single chapter in a single book that will give you enough of a foundation to "get it" (esr style). _PKI:_Implementing_and_Managing_E-Security_ from RSA Press, Chapter 2 (50 pages - very clear and not too technical). Happy hacking. Chris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
