Different types of Digital Certificate
Dependent on their usage Digital Certificates are available in a number of different types:
- Personal: Used by Individuals requiring secure email and web based transactions.
- Organisation: Used by corporates to identify employees for secure email and web based transactions.
- Server: To prove ownership of a domain name and establish SSL / TLS encrypted sessions between their website and a visitor.
- Developer: To prove authorship and retain integrity of distributed software programs.