Building blocks for a website hosting At a very high level — To build a hosted website, you will need a website (no surprise here), register a domain name, manage the DNS settings for the domain, and host the website either yourself or with a hosting service provider. Here is a high-level post that talks about…

In most simplistic terms — the DNS Root server is just another DNS server. There are 13 Root name servers in the Domain Name System. The general addressing format is character.root-servers.org where the character varies from a to m — a.root-servers.org, b.root-servers.org,…..,m.root-servers.org The root servers are operated by different organizations…

Website and web hosting are often considered synonymous, but these are two separate things. Here is a high-level post that talks about how hosting has evolved and how virtual hosting and SNI cross paths with SSL/TLS. SNI and Virtual hosting In the early days of HTTP, dedicated physical servers were used to host single websites. Virtualization replaced the…deepaktechblogs.medium.com Let’s look at the structure of a website (multi-file).

In the early days of HTTP, dedicated physical servers were used to host single websites. Virtualization replaced the dedicated servers. This paved the way for a single webserver to host multiple domains, i.e., …

In this post, we will look at different TLS/SSL certificates — DV, OV, EV, SAN, Wildcard, SNI & Virtual hosting. Please review the links below for previous posts in this Digital Certificate series. Digital Certificate series — Part 1 This four-part series will discuss various topics related to digital certificates. I have divided the content into four…deepaksinghrw.medium.com Digital Certificate series — Part 2 In the previous post, I talked about Digital Certificates, Certifying Authority, PKI models, Chain of Trust, and Root…deepaksinghrw.medium.com

In this post, we will look at TLS and how it is different from IPsec, TLS versions, respective handshakes, and cipher suites. Here are the links to other posts in this series. Digital Certificate series — Part 1 This four-part series will discuss various topics related to digital certificates. I have divided the content into four…deepaksinghrw.medium.com Digital Certificate series — Part 2 In the previous post, I talked about Digital Certificates, Certifying Authority, PKI models, Chain of Trust, and Root…deepaksinghrw.medium.com

In this post, we will look at X.509 certificates, CSR, Certificate fields, CRL, and OCSP. Here are the links to other posts in this series. Digital Certificate series — Part 1 This four-part series will discuss various topics related to digital certificates. I have divided the content into four…deepaksinghrw.medium.com Explained — Digital Certificate — Part 3 So far, I have covered the certificate basics in Part 1 & Part 2 of the four-part series about digital certificates.deepaksinghrw.medium.com

This four-part series will discuss various topics related to digital certificates / public key certificates. I have outlined the subtopics that I intend to cover in the snapshot below. In this post, we will cover Digital Certificates, Certificate Authority, PKI models, Chain of Trust, and, Root Store. Here are the…

At a very high level — The application (browser) tells the OS middleware (network module TCP/IP stack) to connect to a given website. …