A guide to the most frequently used OpenSSL features and commands, written by Ivan Ristic.

- Comprehensive coverage of OpenSSL installation, configuration, and key and certificate management
- Includes SSL/TLS Deployment Best Practices, a design and deployment guide
- Written by a well-known practitioner in the field and the author of SSL Labs and the SSL/TLS configuration assessment tool

OpenSSL Cookbook is built around one chapter from Bulletproof SSL/TLS and PKI, a larger work that provides complete coverage of SSL/TLS and PKI topics.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ivan Ristic is a security researcher, engineer, and author, known especially for his contributions to the web application firewall field and development of ModSecurity, an open source web application firewall, and for his SSL/TLS and PKI research, tools and guides published on the SSL Labs web site.

He is the author of two books, Apache Security and ModSecurity Handbook, which he publishes via Feisty Duck, his own platform for continuous writing and publishing. Ivan is an active participant in the security community and you'll often find him speaking at security conferences such as Black Hat, RSA, OWASP AppSec, and others. He's currently Director of Application Security Research at Qualys.