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  2. Public key certificate - Wikipedia

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    In cryptography, a public key certificate, also known as a digital certificate or identity certificate, is an electronic document used to prove the validity of a public key. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The certificate includes the public key and information about it, information about the identity of its owner (called the subject), and the digital signature of ...

  3. Let's Encrypt - Wikipedia

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    Let's Encrypt is a non-profit certificate authority run by Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) that provides X.509 certificates for Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption at no charge. It is the world's largest certificate authority, [ 3 ] used by more than 400 million websites , [ 4 ] with the goal of all websites being secure and using ...

  4. DigiCert - Wikipedia

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    Example of a DigiCert issued wildcard certificate for *.wikipedia.org. DigiCert was founded by Ken Bretschneider in 2003 and sold in 2012. [2] [3] [4] Bretschneider stepped down from the position of CEO to retain business strategy oversight as executive board chairman while Nicholas Hales became CEO.

  5. Certificate authority - Wikipedia

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    The certificate is also a confirmation or validation by the CA that the public key contained in the certificate belongs to the person, organization, server or other entity noted in the certificate. A CA's obligation in such schemes is to verify an applicant's credentials, so that users and relying parties can trust the information in the issued ...

  6. GeoTrust - Wikipedia

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    GeoTrust was the first certificate authority [2] to use the domain-validated certificate method [4] US Granted 8028162, Douglas D. Beattie & Christopher T. M. Bailey, "Methods and systems for automated authentication, processing and issuance of digital certificates", published September 27, 2011, assigned to GeoTrust which is now widely accepted and used by all certificate authorities ...

  7. Fix security certificate error messages in Internet Explorer

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    Seeing security certificate errors when visiting certain websites? Learn how to remedy this issue in Internet Explorer.

  8. Domain-validated certificate - Wikipedia

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    A domain validated certificate (DV) is an X.509 public key certificate typically used for Transport Layer Security (TLS) where the domain name of the applicant is validated by proving some control over a DNS domain. [1] Domain validated certificates were first distributed by GeoTrust in 2002 before becoming a widely accepted method. [2]

  9. X.509 - Wikipedia

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    In cryptography, X.509 is an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) standard defining the format of public key certificates. [1] X.509 certificates are used in many Internet protocols, including TLS/SSL, which is the basis for HTTPS, [2] the secure protocol for browsing the web.