Title: Explain certificates and public keys.
Course: Cybersecurity in Food and Agriculture, Advanced > Section: Examining Cryptology

Explanation should include

- a mapping of the processes of encrypting communication between client/server
- X.509
- the public/private key pair
- the certificate request
- the certification authority
- the certificate
- the certificate revocation list
- individual's public key used for encryption
- individual's public key used for signature verification
- certificate services role.

Teacher Resource:

Certificates and Public Keys, Microsoft Windows App Development

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between http: and https:?
- What is the purpose of web server certificates?
- What information is stored in a certificate?
- What is the relationship between a public and a private key?
- How do public key infrastructure (PKI) cryptographic algorithms use the public key of the receiver of an encrypted message to encrypt data?
- How is it possible for only the related private key to decrypt the encrypted message?