Authentication
Digital Certificate
A Digital Certificate is a signed digital credential that binds an identity to a cryptographic key.
Definition
A Digital Certificate is a trusted electronic document used to associate an identity, such as a user, device, service, or organization, with a public cryptographic key. It is typically issued by a trusted authority and used to support authentication, secure communication, signature validation, and trust establishment between technical parties.
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