DEFINITION 01
Certificate Authority
An organization or service that issues and signs digital certificates under a trust model.
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Cryptography.
Explore how encryption, hashes, and certificates help protect and verify information.
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DEFINITION 02
Cryptographic Hash
A fixed-length digest produced from input data by a cryptographic hash function.
DEFINITION 04
Transport Layer Security
A protocol that protects the confidentiality and integrity of data exchanged over a network.
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