WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY
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When people go to opt, buy, or renew a certificate for their application, account, or server. They are often confused with they should go to which certificate authority to get the certificates. We have created this post to simplify all the different types of certificate authority to help them out from this confusion.
1. What Is A Certificate authority? 2. Types Of Certificate Authority By Function: 2.1. Domain Validated (DV) Certificate Authorities: 2.2. Organization Validated (OV) Certificate Authorities: 2.3. Extended Validation (EV) Certificate Authorities:2.4. Self-Signed Certificate Authorities: 3. Types Of Certificate Authority By Authority: 3.1. Internal/0Private Certificate Authority: 3.2. External/Public Certificate Authority: 4. Types Of Certificate Authority By Hierarchy: 4.1. Root CA: 4.2. Intermediate CA: 4.3. Issuing CA: 5. Types Of Certificate Authority By Product: 5.1. Commercial Certificate Authorities: 5.2. Open Source Certificate Authorities: