Web servers often provide their users with secure access to the hosted web applications in order to gain more trust and protect the different transactions from potential attacks. Web servers use digital certificates for this purpose. In this part, you wi

Web servers often provide their users with secure access to the hosted web applications in order to gain more trust and protect the different transactions from potential attacks. Web servers use digital certificates for this purpose.
In this part, you will select any secure web site (using https protocol) and download the web server certificate for further analysis. You shall follow the below steps:
1- Select a secure website of your choice (you should provide the URL of the website in your report) (2 marks)
2- Download the digital certificate of the server hosting the website using your browser (3 marks)
3- List the following about the certificate
a. Certificate version (1 mark)
b. Certificate holder information (2 marks)
c. Certificate issuer information (2 marks)
d. Validity date (2 marks)
e. Certificate usage: for what purpose the public key included in the certificate can be used (4 marks)
4- As you can notice, the certificate includes a number of extensions.
a. Identify five extensions in the certificate (5 marks)
b. Explain each extension and how it can be used (10 marks)
The web browser needs to make sure that a certificate is valid before using it. Explain three aspects that indicates whether a certificate is valid or not