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Note: Self-signed certificates do not provide additional security as do those generated by CAs. This is because a client cannot verify that the server he or she has connected to is the one advertised in the certificate. |
A self-signed certificate is a certificate that is signed by its creator rather than by a Certificate Authority (CA).
Self-signed certificates allow for use of SSL-based (Secure Sockets Layer) services without requiring that the user or administrator undertake the considerable task of obtaining an identity certificate signed by a CA
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Note: Self-signed certificates do not provide additional security as do those generated by CAs. This is because a client cannot verify that the server he or she has connected to is the one advertised in the certificate. |
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