{"id":4953,"date":"2022-09-13T00:52:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T03:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certisur.com\/support\/ssl\/faq\/what-is-a-certificate-authority\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T17:23:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T20:23:22","slug":"what-is-a-certificate-authority","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.certisur.com\/en\/support\/ssl\/faq\/what-is-a-certificate-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Certificate Authority?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4953\" class=\"elementor elementor-4953 elementor-1876\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e8168e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e8168e\" 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-98227ee\" data-id=\"98227ee\" 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-36be666 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36be666\" 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\">Certifying Authorities<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aa881f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2aa881f9\" 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>A Certificate Authority is a trusted entity, responsible for issuing and revoking <b>ssl certificates<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>For this, <span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--color-white);\">Certifying Authorities (CA)<\/span> have a variety of methods to verify the information provided by individuals or organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Established Certificate Authorities are well known and trusted by browsers. Browsers extend that trust to verified digital certificates such as DigiCert, Thawte, GeoTrust, RapidSSL, and Entrust.<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--color-white);\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>An SSL certificate serves as a credential in the online world. Each SSL certificate uniquely identifies a specific domain and a web server. Trust of a credential depends on confidence in the organization that issued it.<\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certifying Authorities A Certificate Authority is a trusted entity, responsible for issuing and revoking ssl certificates. 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