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📖What it means
The proof of identity that makes a connection trustworthy and encrypted. It expires on purpose, so an unmonitored certificate is an outage with a date already set.
⚖️What it is NOT
The neighbours this word is most often confused with, and the line between them.
Not: Credential
A certificate proves a SERVICE's identity to the public; a credential proves a caller's to us.
🗣️Also called
TLS certSSL certificate