SSL/TLS for Beginners: Securing Network Communications (2019)

2h 24mBeginner2019-02-21

Authors

Daniel Lachance

Consultant, Trainer, Author, and Editor at Lachance IT Consulting

Course details

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and the succeeding Transport Layer Security (TLS) provide the backbone of securing intranet and internet network communications through encryption and authentication. SSL and TLS standards are widely used to secure network communications for services such as websites, VoIP, VPNs, and email messages. In this course, learn the skills you need to plan, implement, and maintain a public key infrastructure (PKI) ecosystem that supports SSL/TLS security certificates. Instructor Daniel Lachance dives into how to install and configure PKI solutions in both Windows and Linux. Learn about how certificates are issued and managed throughout their lifetime; how hashing provides integrity and digital signatures provide authentication; and more.

Learning objectives
Symmetric and asymmetric encrypting
How certificates are issued and managed
Configuring a Linux OpenSSL PKI environment
How TLS supersedes SSL and is considered more secure
Acquiring a web server certificate
Acquiring a code-signing certificate
Configuring a website with a certificate
Securing files and folders with EFS
Configuring a TLS VPN

Skills covered

Network SecurityNetwork AdministrationCybersecurityLearningNetwork and System Administration

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Mitigate security holes in your network
02 - What you should know

1. PKI Overview

03 - Cryptography overview
04 - Symmetric and asymmetric encrypting
05 - PKI hierarchy
06 - Certificate authorities
07 - Certificates
08 - Certificate lifecycle management

2. PKI CA Implementation

09 - Install a Microsoft AD CS certificate authority
10 - Configure Microsoft AD CS certificate templates
11 - Configure a Linux OpenSSL PKI environment
12 - Configure an AWS Certificate Manager subordinate CA

3. PKI Certificate Acquisition

13 - SSL vs. TLS
14 - Acquire a web server certificate using Microsoft AD CS
15 - Acquire a client certificate using Microsoft AD CS
16 - Acquire a web server certificate using OpenSSL
17 - Acquire a web server certificate using AWS Certificate Manager
18 - Acquire a code-signing certificate

4. PKI Certificate Usage

19 - Hashing and digital signatures
20 - Configure a website with a certificate
21 - Configure a web browser with a certificate
22 - Configure a code-signing certificate with Microsoft PowerShell
23 - Encrypting file system and certificates
24 - Configure a TLS VPN

Conclusion

25 - Next steps