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I find it really hard to find online resources which go through the details of the following aspects of SSL work.
Is a certificate of a website signed with the public key of a Certificate Authority, or does the browser actually contact the Certificate Authority to verify the certificate...
Any good and clear technical sources for info are greatly appreciated.
I have to take my words back btw, the article does have references, but not as foothnotes, just as links in the text. I did look at that rfc, but it is particularly dry and I did not manage to extract the information I was looking for in an efficient manner.