Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of SecurityCertificate


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Timestamp:
12/11/13 21:42:39 (12 years ago)
Author:
Jaap Versteegh
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  • SecurityCertificate

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    11This site is hosted through secure HTTP or HTTPS. This means that all traffic between you and this website is encrypted.
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    3 However HTTPS has another feature, which is host identification; a way to make sure that the website you are talking to is indeed the website you think it is. For this purpose a secure website provides a certificate that has been granted by a certificate authority (CA). Since these certificates cost money, this site uses a certificate that was created by Orca Software itself rather than by a known CA. Your browser will complain about this. However, since this site does not host your bank details, it's quite safe to trust Orca Software as a CA.
     3However, HTTPS has another feature, which is host identification; a way to make sure that the website you are talking to is indeed the website you think it is. For this purpose a secure website provides a certificate that was granted by a certificate authority (CA). Since these certificates cost money, this site uses a certificate that was created by Orca Software itself rather than by a known CA. Your browser will complain about this. However, since this site does not host your bank details, it's quite safe to trust Orca Software as a CA.
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    55You can do this by installing this [/info/ca-cert.der CA Certificate]