id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-certificate-transparency-org-9620 How CT Works : Certificate Transparency .html text/html 1857 132 59 Monitors cryptographically check which certificates have been included in logs. The append-only log is tamper-proof, the User agent checks that logs are cryptographically consistent, and the Certificate Authority's monitors will check for suspicious logs. It checks that the domain owner has the right to request the certificate, and creates a precertificate, which ties the domain to a public key. Monitors work with website operators to help them understand if an unauthorized certificate has been issued for a domain. How Certificate Transparency fits in Web Public Key Infrastructure How Certificate Transparency fits in Web Public Key Infrastructure Web PKI depends on a system of public and private keys. In Web PKI, Certificate Authorities create digital certificates which map public keys to domains on the These private keys are associated with what are called "root certificates" which are distributed by user (sometimes called missing CAs), each with their own private keys, that are used to issue the web server ./cache/www-certificate-transparency-org-9620.html ./txt/www-certificate-transparency-org-9620.txt