Who Can Issue a Digital Certificate?
A Digital Certificate can be issued by the Certifying Authority also known as CA, which is a trusted third party for use by other parties. It means an individual who has been granted a license to issue a digital signature certificate under the law.
What are Digital Certificates?
A Digital Certificate referred to as a public key certificate, is used to establish a cryptographic link between the owner of a public key and that entity. These are used to exchange public keys that are needed for authentication and encryption.
The certified public key, metadata about the certificate holder, identity information about the public key, and a digital signature of the public key created by the certificate issuer make up a digital certificate.