certificate authority
noun[C]
IT,INTERNETukusanonlineservicethat makessurethatinformationthat issentover theinternetiskeptsafeandprivate:
The most-visitedwebsitesrely on GeoTrust SSL more than any othercertificateauthority.
Examplesofcertificate authority
certificate authority
Acertificateauthoritycan issue multiple certificates in the form of a tree structure.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This certificate must be signed by a trustedcertificateauthorityfor the web browser to accept it without warning.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The number of web browsers and other devices and applications that trust a particularcertificateauthorityis referred to as ubiquity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus it operates as a robotcertificateauthority.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When these certificates are signed by a trustedcertificateauthority, this provides assurance that the client is connected to the requested server, avoiding a man-in-the-middle attack.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Several commercial firms, and a few government departments, have established such certificate authorities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They will also enable domain holders to assert certificates for themselves, without reference to third-party certificate authorities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A specialized variant of the program exists for certificate authorities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It also contains intermediate certificates from the intermediate certificate authorities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Historically, only organizations with very valuable secrets, such as certificate authorities, militaries, and governments, would make use of the technology.
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- conventional vehicle
- conventional view
- convention center
- convention-center
- convention centre
- convention-centre
- convent school
- convent-school
- conventual
- converge
- converged
- convergence
- convergence zone
- convergent
- convergent boundary
- convergent-boundary
- convergent evolution
- convergent series
- convergent-series
- converging
- converging evidence
- converging lens
- converging-lens
- conversant
- conversation