In a typical SSL installation, the server maintains credentials so that clients can authenticate the server. In addition to presenting a certificate at connection time, the server also maintains a private key, which is necessary for establishing that the server presenting a certificate is actually presenting its own certificate. Cryptographic-acceleration cards will generally store the key in hardware, making it unavailable to the actual computer. |
In a typical SSL installation, the server maintains credentials so that clients can authenticate the server. In addition to presenting a certificate at connection time, the server also maintains a private key, which is necessary for establishing that the server presenting a certificate is actually presenting its own certificate. |
