Day Two DevOps #249: The Anatomy of TLS 1.3 and Why You Should Risk It

Aka, TLS 1.3 is amazing and you should be upgrading to it

Kyler Middleton
2 min readAug 29, 2024

Day Two DevOps

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Guest: Ed Harmoush, TLS Trainer and Expert

Transport Layer Security (TLS) is today’s topic with guest Ed Harmoush. TLS plays a critical role in Internet security, and we dive into the differences between versions 1.2 and 1.3 In addition, Ed shares his journey into TLS, explains its components, and addresses common misconceptions about certificates and their validation processes. The episode also highlights the challenges organizations face when upgrading to newer TLS versions.

Ed is an IT trainer and instructor and the owner of Practical Networking.

Ed Harmoush is currently the owner of Practical Networking, a company that delivers high quality training classes, articles and videos. Ed is passionate about network engineering education, based on his many years of practical experience as a network engineer himself. He enjoys making the complex concepts simple so that his students can be successful in their careers.

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Thanks all! Good luck out there.
kyler

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Kyler Middleton
Kyler Middleton

Written by Kyler Middleton

DevNetSecOps, DevRel, cloud security chick. I will teach you, it’s unavoidable. She/Her 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈, INFJ-A, support the EFF!