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Are Public Keys and Digital Certificates related?

April 26, 2017certificates digital keys public

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Are Public Keys and Digital Certificates related?

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A certificate is an electronic document that binds a public key to a particular individual or organization. A trusted third party, called a Certifying Authority (CA), issues certificates. Before issuing a certificate, a CA will go through a series of authentication procedures to make sure that you are what you claim to be, and that the public key in the certificate really belongs to you.