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What does a SSL certificate look like? |
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SSL certificates can be seen by simply double clicking on the padlock
symbol when displayed in the browser. A typical certificate will look
like this;
All SSL Certificates are issued to either companies or legally
accountable individuals. Typically SSL Certificates contain the domain
name, the company name, the address i.e. city, state and country. It
will also contain the expiry date of the Certificate and details of the
Certification Authority responsible for the issuance of the
Certificate.
When a browser connects to a secure site it
will retrieve the site's SSL Certificate and check that it has not
expired, that it has been issued by a Certification Authority the
browser trusts and that it is being used by the website for which it
has been issued. If it fails on any one of these checks the browser
will display a warning to the end user.
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