Updated on 2022-10-27 GMT+08:00

Related Concepts in SCM

This topic describes the concepts related to Huawei Cloud SSL Certificate Manager (SCM).

Digital Certificate

A digital certificate is a file digitally signed by a CA and contains information about the owner of a public key and the public key. It is a trusted certificate issued by an authority to a website. The simplest certificate contains a public key, name, and digital signature of the CA. Another important feature of a digital certificate is that it is valid only within a specific period of time.

SSL Protocol

SSL is an encryption protocol that secures communication over a computer network. It establishes an encrypted channel between the browser and website to prevent information from being stolen or tampered with during transmission.

Certificate Authority

A Certificate Authority (CA) is an authority responsible for issuing and managing digital certificates. As a trusted third party in e-commerce transactions, the CA verifies the validity of public keys in the public key system.

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a website encryption transmission protocol based on the SSL protocol. HTTPS activates an SSL encrypted channel between a web browser and a website server for a user to visit the website where an SSL certificate has been installed. The channel enables high-strength bidirectional encrypted transmission to prevent leakage or tampering of the data in transit. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP.

CSR

A certificate signing request (CSR) is a message sent from an applicant to a CA to apply for an SSL certificate. A CSR file contains a public key and a distinguished name (DN). Typically, a CSR file is generated by a web server, and a pair of public and private keys are created along with the CSR file.

SSL Certificate Validity Period

From September 1, 2020, only one-year SSL certificates can be issued by CAs around the world. Therefore, the validity period of an SSL certificate you apply for through Huawei Cloud CCM is one year.