Speakers: Jesse Peterson
Level: Fundamental, Lecture
Excerpt: How do your computers know to trust a server, website, or cloud service and how is this trust established? In this talk we’ll cover the high-level conceptual design of public key cryptography (PKI) that underlies digital certificates as well as going into (sometimes very) specific detail on exactly what certificates are, how they’re constructed, and how they work for you and sometimes against you.
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How do your computers know to trust a server, website, or cloud service and how is this trust established? In this talk we’ll cover the high-level conceptual design of public key cryptography (PKI) that underlies digital certificates as well as going into (sometimes very) specific detail on exactly what certificates are, how they’re constructed, and how they work for you and sometimes against you.
About the speaker
Jesse Peterson (Twitter: @jessecpeterson) – – Facebook
Jesse has been working with technology for most of his life. Consulting, start-ups, large organizations, and hobbies with a dedication to using and contributing open source software in all his roles.
Most of his professional career has included supporting and managing Macs and Apple devices in one fashion or another. As a Client Platform Engineer at Facebook in Seattle he helps wrangle the large Mac fleet (and Windows, Linux, and mobile platforms, too). As an IT Consultant at MacTechs in Seattle, he’s helped organizations with Mac management and more ranging from startups and small businesses to large corporations and government. With a strong enjoyment of and advocacy for development and DevOps he has developed software and solutions to fun and interesting IT projects (and, of course, to open source them along the way!).
Jesse is a proud member of the Mac admin community and is excited and honored to return as a speaker at PSU MacAdmins.