Downloading a Root Certificate

If your customers use browsers to access your web services, there is no need to download a root certificate because the SSL certificate you download and install on your web server already contains the corresponding root certificate.

If your customers use a client like Java to access your web services, a root certificate needs to be manually download and installed on the client to ensure that the client can validate the encrypted information on the server. For example, if a GeoTrust EV SSL certificate is installed on your web server, you need to install a GeoTrust EV root certificate on the client to ensure that your customers can access your web services through the client.