Too often do i hear my application admin coworkers and some sysadmins even, moan and grumble about certificates. People are always talking about TLS/SSL as if “no one understands this anyway” and “It’s a mystery to me”. I held a talk at my workplace recently where I attempted to demystify TLS/SSL a bit, and maybe someone out there would also be interested in that.
I’m no expert on TLS in any real sense, but i’ve been managing an internal PKI for a while now and looked into the protocol.