Overview#

Site Certificate is the server's Certificate.

Site Certificate could be:

• a Trusted Certificate
• a Subject Certificate (ie not "yet" a Trusted Certificate)

A Site Certificate should identify the server by DNS and perhaps by other Subject Alternative Names.

Site Certificate binds together:

• A domain name, server name or hostname. (Domain Validated Certificates)
• An organizational identity (i.e. company name) and location. (Organization Validated Certificate or Extended Validation Certificate)

A Site Certificate that uses a Self-signed Certificate MUST NOT be trusted outside of a secure network.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Certificate
• Certificate Chain
• Certificate_list
• How SSL-TLS Works
• Intermediate Certificate
• ServerCertificate