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What is a self-signed certificate versus a root certificate authority (CA)?

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What is a self-signed certificate versus a root certificate authority (CA)?

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A self-signed certificate is its own root CA. A self-signed certificate can not be validated because it is not signed by a well-known certificate root CA, therefore a client cannot be sure of the true identity of the server providing the self-signed certificate.