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Signed request vs HTTP digest auth for API authentication?
By signed request I mean something like this (simplified example):
Client creates a sig in his request:
$sig = hash('sha256', $api_key.$data); which generates 7409ur0k0asidjko2j for example. He then ...
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How do the processes for digital certificates, signatures and ssl work?
I have been trying to understand how ssl works. Instead of Alice and Bob, lets consider client and server communication.
Server has a digital certificate acquired from a CA. It also has public and ...