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<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:49, 4 April 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=[[Options for SSL Certificates to Secure Your Website]]=</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=[[SSL Certificate Chain]]=</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=[[SSL Certificate Chain]]=</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Replaced content with &quot;=<a href="/index.php?title=SSL_Certificate_Chain" title="SSL Certificate Chain">SSL Certificate Chain</a>=&quot;</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en-GB"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:48, 4 April 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>SSL Certificate Chain<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>=</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=SSL Certificate Chain=</div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There are two types of certificate authorities (CAs): root CAs and intermediate CAs. 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<p>Created page with &quot; =SSL Certificate Chain= There are two types of certificate authorities (CAs): root CAs and intermediate CAs. In order for an SSL certificate to be trusted, that certificate m...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> =SSL Certificate Chain=<br /> There are two types of certificate authorities (CAs): root CAs and intermediate CAs. In order for an SSL certificate to be trusted, that certificate must have been issued by a CA that is included in the trusted store of the device that is connecting.<br /> <br /> If the certificate was not issued by a trusted CA, the connecting device (eg. a web browser) will then check to see if the certificate of the issuing CA was issued by a trusted CA, and so on until either a trusted CA is found (at which point a trusted, secure connection will be established) or no trusted CA can be found (at which point the device will usually display an error).<br /> <br /> The list of SSL certificates, from the root certificate to the end-user certificate, represents the SSL certificate chain.<br /> <br /> https://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/67d491036d6e40015f275fc78daa1de4b9ab6d71/b2364/files/dnsimple-ssl-chain-robowhois.png<br /> <br /> ==Example of an SSL Certificate chain==<br /> <br /> Here’s a practical example. Let’s suppose that you purchase a certificate from the Awesome Authority for the domain example.awesome.<br /> <br /> Awesome Authority is not a root certificate authority. In other words, its certificate is not directly embedded in your web browser and therefore it can’t be explicitly trusted.<br /> <br /> * Awesome Authority utilizes a certificate issued by Intermediate Awesome CA Alpha.<br /> * Intermediate Awesome CA Alpha utilizes a certificate issued by Intermediate Awesome CA Beta.<br /> * Intermediate Awesome CA Beta utilizes a certificate issued by Intermediate Awesome CA Gamma.<br /> * Intermediate Awesome CA Gamma utilizes a certificate issued by The King of Awesomeness.<br /> * The King of Awesomeness is a Root CA. Its certificate is directly embedded in your web browser, therefore it can be explicitly trusted.<br /> <br /> In our example, the SSL certificate chain is represented by 6 certificates:<br /> <br /> * End-user Certificate - Issued to: example.com; Issued By: Awesome Authority<br /> * Intermediate Certificate 1 - Issued to: Awesome Authority; Issued By: Intermediate Awesome CA Alpha<br /> * Intermediate Certificate 2 - Issued to: Intermediate Awesome CA Alpha; Issued By: Intermediate Awesome CA Beta<br /> * Intermediate Certificate 3 - Issued to: Intermediate Awesome CA Beta; Issued By: Intermediate Awesome CA Gamma<br /> * Intermediate Certificate 4 - Issued to: Intermediate Awesome CA Gamma; Issued By: The King of Awesomeness<br /> * Root certificate - Issued by and to: The King of Awesomeness</div>

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