Encryption for Beginners with OpenSSL
- IT & Software
- Mar 02, 2025

Encryption for Beginners with OpenSSL, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 4.6, with 55 lectures, 2 quizzes, based on 89 reviews, and has 589 subscribers.
You will learn about Understand Symmetric Encryption Understand Asymmetric Encryption Understand Key Length and Keyspace Generating RSA Keys Fundamentals of OpenSSL Encrypting large documents Understand SSL Certificates Create Self-signed SSL Certificates Create and Use Digital Signatures This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone in the IT industry who has a desire to learn Cryptography fundamentals with OpenSSL or Software Programmers & Architects or Software Testers or Development Managers or Support/Operations Managers or Program Managers or Business Analysts or DevOps Managers It is particularly useful for Anyone in the IT industry who has a desire to learn Cryptography fundamentals with OpenSSL or Software Programmers & Architects or Software Testers or Development Managers or Support/Operations Managers or Program Managers or Business Analysts or DevOps Managers.
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Summary
Title: Encryption for Beginners with OpenSSL
Price: $59.99
Average Rating: 4.6
Number of Lectures: 55
Number of Quizzes: 2
Number of Published Lectures: 50
Number of Published Quizzes: 2
Number of Curriculum Items: 57
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 52
Original Price: $89.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
Who Should Attend
Target Audiences
The course covers fundamentals of encryption with hands-on demos using OpenSSLand Putty tools.
Encryption fundamentals is a MUST have skill for IT?professionals like-
Programmers
Architects
Testers
BA
Development Managers
Program Managers
Support/Operations Managers. etc.
The course takes you on a step-by-step approach journey where you will learn concept, and immediately apply it using OpenSSL/Putty.
The student will learn-
Symmetric Encryption
Asymmetric Encryption
Key Length & Key Space
Generating Public and Private Keys
Encrypting Large Documents/files
Data Integrity & Hash Functions
Digital Signatures
PKI
Understanding SSL Certificates
Creating self-signed Certificates
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Course Introduction
Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: Course Requirements & Target Audience
Lecture 3: Repetition
Chapter 2: Lab Setup
Lecture 1: Section Introduction
Lecture 2: VirtualBox & OS Installation
Lecture 3: OpenSSL Installation on Linux
Lecture 4: OpenSSL Installation on Windows
Lecture 5: openssl – Basic Introduction
Lecture 6: Lab #1 – Lab Environment Setup
Chapter 3: Encryption – Absolute Basics
Lecture 1: Section Introduction
Lecture 2: What is Encryption?
Lecture 3: Terminology
Lecture 4: Types of Encryption
Lecture 5: Symmetric Encryption
Lecture 6: Asymmetric Encryption – Part 1
Lecture 7: Asymmetric Encryption – Part 2
Chapter 4: Symmetric Encryption
Lecture 1: Section Introduction
Lecture 2: Terminology
Lecture 3: Key Length & Keyspace
Lecture 4: Classification of Symmetric Algorithms
Lecture 5: Encrypting Data with Symmetric Key using openssl
Chapter 5: Asymmetric Encryption
Lecture 1: Section Introduction
Lecture 2: Terminology
Lecture 3: Asymmetric Keys – Revisit
Lecture 4: Demo: Generating Public and Private Keys using openssl – Part 1
Lecture 5: Demo: Generating Public and Private Keys using openssl – Part 2
Lecture 6: Demo: Send a encrypted document to your friend – Part 1
Lecture 7: Demo: Send a encrypted document to your friend – Part 2
Chapter 6: Data Integrity
Lecture 1: Section Introduction
Lecture 2: What is Data Integrity? And Types
Lecture 3: Hash Fundamentals
Lecture 4: Hash Demo – Sample Text & Apache httpd Download
Chapter 7: Digital Signatures
Lecture 1: Section Introduction
Lecture 2: Terminology
Lecture 3: Symmetric & Asymmetric – Quick Review
Lecture 4: Digital Signatures
Lecture 5: Signing a document using openssl rsautl
Lecture 6: Signing a document using openssl dgst
Chapter 8: SSL Certificates
Lecture 1: Process of Requesting a SSL certificate
Lecture 2: SSL Certificates
Lecture 3: SSL Certificate Types
Chapter 9: Lab Setup in AWS – Bonus
Lecture 1: AWS Free Tier Sign Up Process
Lecture 2: Create Linux Machine in AWS and Connecting via SSH
Chapter 10: Appendix & Miscellaneous
Lecture 1: VirtualBox Installation
Lecture 2: VirtualBox Introduction
Lecture 3: Creating VMs
Lecture 4: Ubuntu Installation
Lecture 5: Windows 10 Installation
Lecture 6: Putty Setup on Windows
Chapter 11: Conclusion & Bonus
Lecture 1: Bonus – Other Courses @ Heavy Discount
Instructors

Coding Gears | Train Your Brain
Technology Architect
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