What is Asymmetric Encryption?

Benjamin Porter
6 min readApr 20, 2020
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

Why you should care:

  • You can’t understand the language of SSL/TLS/mTLS without the language of asymmetric encryption
  • It’s hard to add SSL/TLS/mTLS to your app if you don’t understand the language
  • You need SSL/TLS/mTLS on your website/app if only for the improved SEO and to protect your users’ privacy

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Benjamin Porter

Ben Porter is a Software Engineer who specializes in distributed applications (like web apps). He is currently Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Ameelio.org