Visiting "HTTPS" Website with Google Chrome

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∟Using HTTPS with Google Chrome

∟Visiting "HTTPS" Website with Google Chrome

This section describes how Google Chrome is showing the 'Connection is secure' message in the site information popup box, when visiting an 'HTTPS' Website.

As I mentioned earlier in the book, Web browsers play very important roles in using HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) to secure Web communications. Now let's see how Google Chrome, as a major Web browser, supports HTTPS.

1. Run Google Chrome and go to Yahoo Website at https://www.yahoo.com. I see Yahoo home page displayed.

2. Click the site information icon next to the Website address. I see the a popup box displaying "Connection is secure" and other Website information.

Chrome declared that "Connection is secure", because it performed the following steps without any issues:

Since this is an HTTPS based URL, Chrome requested for the server, www.yahoo.com, to provide the server certificate.
Chrome validated the server certificate and found no issue.
Chrome created a one-time secret key, encrypted with server's public key and delivered to the server.
Server returned the Web page document encrypted with the secret key.
Chrome and the server will continue to use this secret key to encrypt any data exchanged between them.

Note that the website information icon in Chrome may look differently for different versions of Firefox. See examples in the picture below:

HTTPS Connection Is Secure - Google Chrome

Table of Contents

About This Book

Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

►Using HTTPS with Google Chrome

►Visiting "HTTPS" Website with Google Chrome

Viewing Server Certificate in Google Chrome

Viewing Server Certificate Chain in Google Chrome

Exporting Server Certificate to File in Google Chrome

Viewing Trusted Root CA Certificates in Google Chrome

Listing of Trusted Root CA in Google Chrome

Exporting Root Certificate to File from Google Chrome

Deleting Root CA Certificates from Google Chrome

Google Chrome Shares Windows PKI with IE

Using HTTPS with Mozilla Firefox

Using HTTPS with Microsoft Edge

Using HTTPS with Apple Safari

Using HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer)

Android and Server Certificate

iPhone and Server Certificate

Windows Certificate Stores and Console

RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and Server Certificate

macOS Certificate Stores and Keychain Access

Linux Certificate Stores and Tools

Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

Python Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

.NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates

PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates

Comodo Free Personal Certificate

Digital Signature - Microsoft Word

Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3

S/MIME and Email Security

PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology

Archived Tutorials

Full Version in PDF/EPUB