Timeline for Is it safe to send SSL certificates via email?
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| Jul 17, 2015 at 15:33 | comment | added | halfer |
Lordy! I'm pleased people like my question, but if we got +18 for beginners' questions on Stack Overflow, it'd make the databases melt. :-)
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| Jul 17, 2015 at 6:25 | comment | added | CodesInChaos | @halfer A certificate is signed by the CA and contains your public key and some meta data, like your domain name. | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 19:46 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSecurity/status/621767827826057217 | ||
| Jul 16, 2015 at 16:25 | comment | added | halfer | @BlueRaja, heh! I've got a bit of PPK knowledge, but with SSL, I've not previously considered which part is public. I've never heard of an SSL cert being referred to as a public key before - now I know. | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 16:18 | comment | added | Ben Lavender | It is useful to know that some e-mail clients like Outlook may block attachments of these types for security. As previous comments advise as long as the recipient doesn’t have the private key it’s safe. support.office.com/en-au/article/… | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 16:13 | comment | added | BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft | It's called the public key for a reason :) | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 15:49 | vote | accept | halfer | ||
| Jul 16, 2015 at 13:28 | vote | accept | halfer | ||
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| Jul 16, 2015 at 13:27 | comment | added | halfer | Looks like a have a lot to learn about SSL @user23013! - thanks, most useful. | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 13:00 | comment | added | user23013 | Note that you can export exact copies of them for any HTTPS sites using web browsers. | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 12:51 | answer | added | BadSkillz | timeline score: 53 | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 12:51 | answer | added | mricon | timeline score: 33 | |
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| Jul 16, 2015 at 12:42 | history | asked | halfer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |