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Check yourself 03-tls-certificates-and-https: Quiz

Retrieval practice. Target >=80%.

Overview

Module: Edge Access & VPN
Activity type: Quiz / retrieval practice
Target: ≥80%
Objective: Explain the distinct roles of a private key, public key, certificate signing request, certificate, and certificate authority

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Questions

    1. What does a server prove by successfully completing a TLS handshake with a certificate's matching private key?
    1. Why does a correctly signed certificate from the lab CA fail in curl before --cacert is supplied?
    1. Which certificate field should contain localhost for modern hostname validation?
    1. What is the difference between certificate-chain validation and hostname validation?
    1. Why does the lab use --resolve localhost:8443:127.0.0.1 instead of requesting https://127.0.0.1:8443/ for the primary DNS-name test?
    1. Why must a shutdown procedure verify a recorded PID's command line before signaling it?
    1. Which private key creates the greater trust impact if compromised: server.key or ca.key, and why?
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After scoring

  • Missed items → return to Reading → redo Feynman Retry → reattempt.
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