7 terms
A Certificate Authority is a trusted organization that verifies identities and issues signed digital certificates binding public keys to domain names.
A certificate chain is the ordered sequence of X.509 certificates that links a server certificate through intermediates to a trusted root authority.
HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) tells browsers to reach a site only over HTTPS, blocking protocol downgrades and certificate click-through.
OCSP is the Online Certificate Status Protocol, which lets clients ask a responder whether a specific X.509 certificate has been revoked.
PKI, or public key infrastructure, is the system of certificate authorities, certificates and policies that binds public keys to verified identities.
A TLS certificate is a signed digital document that binds a domain name to a public key so browsers can verify a server and encrypt the…
X.509 is the standard format for public key certificates that bind an identity to a key, forming the basis of TLS and Internet trust.