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Submitted by amina.ke· Apr 18, 2026Network and Communications Security
Question
In a SSL session between a client and a server, who is responsible for generating the master secret that will be used as a seed to generate the symmetric keys that will be used during the session?
Options
- ABoth client and server
- BThe client's browser
- CThe web server
- DThe merchant's Certificate Server
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Topics
#SSL/TLS Handshake#Key Exchange#Symmetric Key Generation#Network Security Protocols