How deeply does Google Anthos in Action cover X.509 certificate?

Explains certificate purpose, CA configuration options, protocol use, and automated rotation, but not certificate fields or encoding internals.

X.509 certificate

As explained in Google Anthos in Action

An X.509 certificate is a public-key certificate conforming to the X.509 standard format.

Defines the standard format for public-key certificates used to give workloads strong identities and secure service-to-service communication. section 4.3.3

In a service mesh, certificates support:

Workload identity: the certificate represents a service’s role within the cluster. section 4.3.3
Secure protocols: X.509 certificates underpin TLS/SSL, including HTTPS. section 4.3.3
Mutual TLS: issued certificates enable transport authentication and encrypted service communication without application-code changes. section 4.3.3
Operational automation: Istio agents and istiod automate key and certificate issuance, distribution, and rotation. section 4.3.3

Certificate-authority configurations

Istio can use a self-signed root certificate by default, or an administrator-specified root certificate and key, including a delegated CA signing certificate and key. Existing enterprise CA material is the common choice for enterprise deployments. section 4.3.3

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certificate-based authenticationused by · Certificate-based authentication verifies an identity using a signed digital certificate presented by the requesting client.
certificatekind of · A digital certificate is a digitally signed credential that binds an identity to a public key and supports authentication or secure communication.
authenticationimplements · Authentication is the process of establishing or verifying the identity of a user, service, device, or other communicating entity.
public-key infrastructureuses · Public-key infrastructure is a framework of authorities, certificates, keys, policies, and procedures for establishing and managing public-key trust and digital identities.

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