STEM Dictionary

Information Technology:

Cache

Certificate-Based Authentication

CGI

Client

Cloud Computing

Console

Console (as in commands)

Cookie

Cracker

Certificate-Based Authentication

Definition

Verification of identity based on certificates

Sentence

HTTPS uses Certificate-based-authentication to verify the site owner is trustworthy

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This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 1104229, 1501756, and 1902474.