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Certificates

Certificates

Feb 10, 20261 min read

  • cryptography
  • tls
  • certificates

Certificates

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X.509 digital certificates that bind a public key to an identity, signed by a Certificate Authority (CA). Certificates form a chain of trust from the server’s certificate through intermediate CAs to a trusted root CA. Browsers and operating systems maintain lists of trusted root CAs.

Key Properties

  • X.509 Format
  • Chain of Trust
  • Certificate Validation

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