{"id":4951,"date":"2022-09-13T00:51:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T03:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certisur.com\/support\/ssl\/faq\/what-is-a-public-private-key-pair\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T13:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T16:11:50","slug":"what-is-a-public-private-key-pair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.certisur.com\/en\/support\/ssl\/faq\/what-is-a-public-private-key-pair\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a public\/private key pair?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4951\" class=\"elementor elementor-4951 elementor-1874\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3bd282 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3bd282\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-948b9a0\" data-id=\"948b9a0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af0109b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5af0109b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Public\/private key pair<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee5a374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ee5a374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Encryption is a mathematical process of coding and decoding information. 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