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  • Committer: Package Import Robot
  • Author(s): Timo Aaltonen
  • Date: 2011-10-12 11:05:09 UTC
  • Revision ID: package-import@ubuntu.com-20111012110509-ybd1jr5xeat2ug1i
Tags: upstream-1.1.8
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Certificate Information - Certification Path
 
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A certificate chain is a series of certificates representing a CA hierarchy. When a CA issues a certificate, it can include its certificate chain. This prevents clients and servers from having to explicitly trust every CA server that may issue a certificate. If a single CA certificate in the chain is trusted, then every certificate issued by it is also trusted.
 
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If a certificate does not contain a certificate chain, this panel will show the text <code>BROKEN_CERTIFICATE_CHAIN</code>. In order to communicate securely, you will need to explicitly trust this certificate.
 
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