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 Certificate Authority (CA)

A Certificate Authority or CA is an entity that issues digital certificates.  (ex. GeoTrust is a CA)

 Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

A Certificate Signing Request or CSR, is a block of encrypted text that is generated by a server...

 Decryption

Decryption is the process of converting encrypted information or ciphertext back to its original...

 Domain Validation (DV)

Domain Validation or EV is a method of issuing SSL certificates. In most cases DV SSL are issued...

 Encryption

Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that eavesdroppers or...

 Extended Validation (EV)

Extended Validation or EV is a type of SSL certificate issued by a certificate authority (CA)...

 Server Gated Cryptography (SGC)

Server Gated Cryptography or SGC is a type of SSL certificate that protects users with old...

 Subject Alternative Names (SAN)

Subject Alternate Names or SAN’s allow you to specify a list of host names to be protected by a...