Public Key Certificate
Other names:
- digital certificate
- identity certificate
In cryptography, a public key certificate is an
electronic document used to prove the validity of a public key./encryption_public_key.html). The
certificate includes the public key and information about
it, information about the identity of its owner (called the
subject), and the digital signature of an
entity that has verified the certificate's contents (called
the issuer). If the device examining the certificate trusts
the issuer and finds the signature to be a valid signature
of that issuer, then it can use the included public key to
communicate securely with the certificate's subject.