Certificates (SSL)

Definition
A digital certificate is a file that contains a set of information referring to the entity for which the certificate was issued (be it a company, individual or computer), plus the public key referring to the private key believed to be held solely by the entity specified in the certificate.

Utilisation
Certificates are used in the UCP to:

  • encrypt communication with services available on the Internet
  • encrypt communication with the e-mail server
  • encrypting communication between computers connected to the wireless network and the authentication server.