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Client certificate

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In cryptography, a client certificate is a type of digital certificate that is used by client systems to set up a secure connection to a remote server.[1] Certificates contain information about the client and are signed by a certificate authority. Client certificates can provide mutual authentication without the use of passwords.

The Transport Layer Security protocol can optionally exchange and verify client certificates when setting up a connection. This can consequently be used to authenticate to websites and wireless networks.

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  1. ^ Dierks, T.; Rescorla, E. (August 2008). RFC 5246. sec. 7.4.4. doi:10.17487/RFC5246. Retrieved 29 October 2014.