{"id":352,"date":"2019-07-29T18:22:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T18:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/ssl\/?p=352"},"modified":"2019-09-06T07:07:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T07:07:26","slug":"what-is-a-geotrust-rsa-ca-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/ssl\/what-is-a-geotrust-rsa-ca-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a GeoTrust RSA CA Certificate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A breakdown of this intermediate certificate and how it\u2019s used<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/ssl-brands\/geotrust.aspx\">GeoTrust RSA CA certificate<\/a> is an intermediate root in the GeoTrust public key infrastructure (PKI) that is sometimes required to complete a certificate chain during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/blog\/introducing-tls-1-3-future-encryption\/\">SSL handshake<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the main reasons we use SSL certificates is to\nidentify the entity\u2026 err, website that you\u2019re connecting to. The way this is\ndone is called PKI or public key infrastructure. When you first connect to a website,\nyour browser examines its certificate. One of the ways it makes sure the\ncertificate is legitimate is by following what\u2019s called a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/ssl\/what-is-ssl-certificate-chain\/\">certificate\nchain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GeoTrust RSA CA and Where Intermediates Fall in the Certificate Chain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"239\" height=\"393\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/ssl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/certificate-chain-1.png\" alt=\"Graphic of the certificate chain to represent the GeoTrust RSA CA as an intermediate certificate\" class=\"wp-image-354 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/ssl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/certificate-chain-1.png 239w, https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/ssl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/certificate-chain-1-182x300.png 182w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 239px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 239\/393;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certificate authorities (CAs), the organizations that issue certificates, do this on a technical level using what are called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/ssl-questions\/what-is-trusted-root-ssl.aspx\">\u201croot\u201d certificates<\/a>. These are a special kind of digital certificate that can issue other digital certificates. These root certificates are part of a \u201croot store\u201d that literally lives on your device. Anytime a certificate is presented, your device needs to be able to link it back to one of those roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem is that issuing certificates directly off those\nroots is dangerous, so CAs instead issue intermediate roots and use those to\nissue certificates to websites. Those intermediate roots are part of the\ncertificate chain, but they don\u2019t reside on anyone\u2019s device. This means you\nneed to install a copy of the intermediate root along with your SSL certificate\nto complete the chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s important to note that some browsers and devices do cache intermediate certificates in case one isn\u2019t present when they try to connect to a site. This is why it\u2019s important, as a matter of best practice, to always install any intermediates that are included with your SSL certificate \u2014 regardless of whether they come from a GeoTrust RSA CA or another certificate authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"graysection\"><h2>Save Up to 82% on GeoTrust SSL Certificates<\/h2>\n<p>Protect a website (or set of domains) in a few minutes with a DV, OV, or EV validated SSL certificate.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link floatnone\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/ssl-brands\/geotrust.aspx\">Get a premium DV SSL certificate, starting at $62.58\/year<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A breakdown of this intermediate certificate and how it\u2019s used The GeoTrust RSA CA certificate is an intermediate root in the GeoTrust public key infrastructure (PKI) that is sometimes required<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-wpr-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapidsslonline.com\/ssl\/what-is-a-geotrust-rsa-ca-certificate\/\" class=\"btn btn-green\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[25,19],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-ssl-advanced","tag-geotrust","tag-ssl-certificate-chain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is a GeoTrust RSA CA Certificate? 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