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Certificate Authority — a trusted entity that verifies certificate applicants and digitally signs certificates binding identities to public keys.
In public key infrastructure, trust runs from the site certificate through intermediate certificates to a trusted root CA. A certificate binds a name to a public key, while the corresponding private key must remain under the service owner’s control.
Certificate Authority — a trusted entity that verifies certificate applicants and digitally signs certificates binding identities to public keys.
The component participates in certificate issuance, validation, revocation, or automated renewal and helps a client authenticate the server before protected data exchange.
Verify domain-name coverage, validity dates, the complete chain, key algorithm, revocation status, and private-key storage on trusted systems only. Automate renewal and expiration monitoring.
