What is a Digital Certificate?
Overview of what is contained in an IdenTrust digital certificate.
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What is a digital certificate?
The digital certificate contains six primary elements. Owner Data, Issuing Certificate Authority, Certificate Validity Dates, Public and Private Keys, Certificate Authority Unique Identifier, and Serial Number.
Let's explore the digital certificate elements.
The Certificate Owner will apply with a Certificate Authority (CA) such as IdenTrust.
IdenTrust will then research and validate the Certificate Owner identity.
The Certificate Owner will designate the certificate validity during purchase.
Public & Private Keys enable encryption & decryption as well as message signature authentication & integrity.
The Public Key is shared for decryption and authentication provided by the Private Key.
The certificate contains the Certificate Authority Identifier, unique among global Certificate Authorities.
A serial number, unique to the Certificate Authority is assigned to the certificate.
The combination of Certificate Authority identifier and serial number creates a globally unique certificate.
To learn more visit https://identrust.com/education-center
The digital certificate contains six primary elements. Owner Data, Issuing Certificate Authority, Certificate Validity Dates, Public and Private Keys, Certificate Authority Unique Identifier, and Serial Number.
Let's explore the digital certificate elements.
The Certificate Owner will apply with a Certificate Authority (CA) such as IdenTrust.
IdenTrust will then research and validate the Certificate Owner identity.
The Certificate Owner will designate the certificate validity during purchase.
Public & Private Keys enable encryption & decryption as well as message signature authentication & integrity.
The Public Key is shared for decryption and authentication provided by the Private Key.
The certificate contains the Certificate Authority Identifier, unique among global Certificate Authorities.
A serial number, unique to the Certificate Authority is assigned to the certificate.
The combination of Certificate Authority identifier and serial number creates a globally unique certificate.
To learn more visit https://identrust.com/education-center
