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What Is An SSL Certificate

SSL certificates secure connections between web servers and browsers by digitally binding a cryptographic key to an organization's details. When installed on a server, SSL certificates activate the padlock and HTTPS protocol. There are two types of certificate authorities that validate SSL certificates in a chain: root CAs and intermediate CAs. A certificate must be issued by a CA in the device's trusted store, or it will check the issuing CA's certificate against trusted CAs until a match is found to validate the secure connection. The list of certificates from the root to the end-user makes up the SSL certificate chain that establishes trust.

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What Is An SSL Certificate

SSL certificates secure connections between web servers and browsers by digitally binding a cryptographic key to an organization's details. When installed on a server, SSL certificates activate the padlock and HTTPS protocol. There are two types of certificate authorities that validate SSL certificates in a chain: root CAs and intermediate CAs. A certificate must be issued by a CA in the device's trusted store, or it will check the issuing CA's certificate against trusted CAs until a match is found to validate the secure connection. The list of certificates from the root to the end-user makes up the SSL certificate chain that establishes trust.

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What is an SSL Certificate?

SSL Certificates are small data files that digitally bind a cryptographic key to an
organizations details. When installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the
https protocol and allows secure connections from a web server to a browser.
Typically, SSL is used to secure credit card transactions, data transfer and logins, and
more recently is becoming the norm when securing browsing of social media sites.

What is the SSL Certificate Chain?


There are two types of certificate authorities (CAs): root CAs and intermediate
CAs. In order for an SSL certificate to be trusted, that certificate must have
been issued by a CA that is included in the trusted store of the device that is
connecting.
If the certificate was not issued by a trusted CA, the connecting device (eg. a web
browser) will then check to see if the certificate of the issuing CA was issued by a
trusted CA, and so on until either a trusted CA is found (at which point a trusted,
secure connection will be established) or no trusted CA can be found (at which point
the device will usually display an error).
The list of SSL certificates, from the root certificate to the end-user certificate,
represents the SSL certificate chain.

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