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What are keys and digital certificates?

April 26, 2017certificates digital keys

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What are keys and digital certificates?

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Keys are paired codes used to encrypt data in communication streams. One part of the key is kept private, while the other is transmitted to the web browser. Web browsers encrypt the data using the public portion of the key and the private portion is used for decrypting. The process is called public key encryption and is used in the SSL mechanism.