Certificate Server
Certificate servers validate, or certify, keys as part of a Public key infrastructure. Keys are strings of text generated from a series of encryption algorithms that allow you to secure communication for a group of users. Many Web servers, such as Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) or Apache's mod_ssl create keys that after having been validated, can be applied to other servers such as News servers or Web servers. The purpose of this process is to create a way for people to communicate and be reasonably sure that others are not eavesdropping or assuming a false identity.
Read more about Certificate Server: X.509 Description, Implementation Using Microsoft IIS, Open Source Implementations, Implementation Using Apache + Mod_ssl
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)