Issued to trusted servers so client computers can connect to them using secure connections.
Client certificate
Issued to trusted clients so server computers can confirm their identity.
How authentication works
Authentication is the process of determining whether a server or client is who and what it claims to be.
When a browser makes an initial attempt to communicate with a server over a secure connection, the server authenticates itself by providing a digital secure certificate.
If the digital secure certificate is registered with the browser, the browser won’t display the certificate by default. However, the user still has the option to view the certificate.
In some rare cases, the server may request that a client authenticate itself by presenting its own digital secure certificate.
