TLS handshake

What TLS handshake does not show

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The delivery layer between an origin and a client: proxies, caches, redirects, status codes and the headers that decide what a crawler actually received.

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Questions about TLS handshake

What is TLS handshake?

The negotiation establishing an encrypted HTTPS connection and server authentication.

What does TLS handshake not show or guarantee?

Success proves transport setup, not that the application will serve the requested resource.

Which area of the glossary does TLS handshake belong to?

HTTP, edge and rendering: The delivery layer between an origin and a client: proxies, caches, redirects, status codes and the headers that decide what a crawler actually received.

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