From the course: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Cert Prep: 1 General Security Concepts

Unlock the full course today

Join today to access over 23,200 courses taught by industry experts.

Certificate types

Certificate types

From the course: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Cert Prep: 1 General Security Concepts

Start my 1-month free trial Buy for my team

Certificate types

“

There are several different types of certificates that may be used to secure systems. We've already discussed the importance of securing root certificates. These are the core certificates at the heart of a certificate authority, and they're used as a very first certificate or root of trust in chain certificates. Another special type of certificate is the wildcard certificate. Wildcard certificates are able to match many different subjects, and because of this, they must be carefully secured. You can easily recognize wildcard certificates because they have special names, such as *.linkedin.com. The asterisk indicates that the certificate may be used for any subject name ending in linkedin.com. This certificate will be valid for www.linkedin.com, mail.linkedin.com, secure.linkedin.com, or any other subject name ending in linkedin.com. Although one important note on these wildcard certificates, the wildcard only goes one level deep. It replaces a single name and not multiple levels of…

Contents