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  • 1.  What is singer certificate

    Posted Wed October 19, 2016 02:49 PM

    Hi All,

    Can any body can understand what is meant signer certificate as well exchange signers.

    kalyan.



  • 2.  RE: What is singer certificate

    Posted Thu October 20, 2016 05:11 AM

    Hi Kalyan,

     

      Basically, a certificate is signed by an Certification Authority (knwon as CA) this CA has a certificate that is known as "signer certificate". This CA has public certificate that is what you need to exchange between servers to be able to comunicate securely (TLS) between them , that is known as "exchange signers".

      If the CA are known CA (versign, equifax, ...) normally you don't need to exchange certificates, with self-signed certificates you need to exchange because are yours.

      Hope this helps. Tell us if you need more support

    Regards