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PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

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Title: PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

Author: Herong Yang - Contact by email via herong_yang@yahoo.com.

Category: COMPUTERS / Security / Cryptography

Version/Edition: v2.34, 2026

Number of pages in PDF format: 371

Description: This tutorial book is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) technologies himself. Topics include Root CA (Certificate Authorities); SSL, TLS, and HTTPS; Server and client authentication processes; Communication data encryption; Using HTTPS with Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari and Internet Explorer; HTTPS client programming in Perl, PHP, Python, Java and .NET; Managing certificates on Windows, macOS, iOS, Linux and Android systems; X.509 certificate format; Certificate store and management tools; Self-signed certificate and CSR; Digital signature on MS Word and OpenOffice documents; Get free personal certificate from Comodo. Updated in 2026 (Version v2.34) with minor changes.

Keywords: CA, Certificate, HTTPS, PKI, Security, SSL, S/MIME, TLS, X.509.

Copyright:

This book is under Copyright © 2010-2026 Herong Yang. All rights reserved.
Material in this book may not be published, broadcasted, rewritten or redistributed in any form.
The example codes is provided as-is, with no warranty of any kind.

Revision history:

Version v2.34, 2026. Minor updates.
Version v2.10, 2018. Updated Web browser, PHP, Perl, Java, Word Tutorials.
Version v2.00, 2011. Added tutorials on PKI digital signature
Version v1.00, 2010. First edition.

Web version: https://www.herongyang.com/PKI - Provides free sample chapters, latest updates and readers' comments. History of view counts of the Web version is listed below:

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2021-12-31     1,239,487
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2018-12-31       872,901
2017-12-31       786,292
2016-12-31       697,481
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2014-12-31       448,105
2013-12-31       284,835
2012-12-31       167,147
2011-12-31        61,732

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