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KT_271103
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Jul 27, 2016

SSL certificate

Is the below statements are correct ?   Client generating pre-master key using shared random numbers between server and client. Client encrypted with server public key and sent to server. Hence s...
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Kevin_Stewart
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Jul 28, 2016

The master "key" is the master secret. The purpose of the master secret is to provide a PRF-based "seed" to create additional symmetric keys. Different functions need different type and sized keys. For example, from the master secret you'll derive the client and server's symmetric encryption keys, and separate keys for HMAC.