Internet

Internet trust

Terms

7 terms

  • Certificate authority

    A Certificate Authority is a trusted organization that verifies identities and issues signed digital certificates binding public keys to domain names.

  • Certificate chain

    A certificate chain is the ordered sequence of X.509 certificates that links a server certificate through intermediates to a trusted root authority.

  • HSTS

    HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) tells browsers to reach a site only over HTTPS, blocking protocol downgrades and certificate click-through.

  • OCSP

    OCSP is the Online Certificate Status Protocol, which lets clients ask a responder whether a specific X.509 certificate has been revoked.

  • PKI

    PKI, or public key infrastructure, is the system of certificate authorities, certificates and policies that binds public keys to verified identities.

  • TLS certificate

    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

    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.