Mutual TLS (mTLS) in-depth: step-by-step case study feat. Bitwarden, Vaultwarden, Traefik and Smallstep

Foreword Hi there, and many thanks for being here! This article goes on and on about password managers, mTLS and related cryptography concepts. It assumes you have a basic understanding of how public key cryptography works (public/private keys and how they work together to encrypt messages), and that you know what TLS is (the S of HTTPS ), but not much more. You can either read the whole thing, or…