Contents of A Typical Digital Certificate
See also: The contents of X.509, the digital certificate widely used in the InternetSerial Number: Used to uniquely identify the certificate.
Subject: The person, or entity identified.
Signature Algorithm: The algorithm used to create the signature.
Signature: The actual signature to verify that it came from the issuer.
Issuer: The entity that verified the information and issued the certificate.
Valid-From: The date the certificate is first valid from.
Valid-To: The expiration date.
Key-Usage: Purpose of the public key (e.g. encipherment, signature, certificate signing...).
Public Key: The public key.
Thumbprint Algorithm: The algorithm used to hash the public key.
Thumbprint: The hash itself, used as an abbreviated form of the public key.
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