12+ Validate Certificate Background
12+ Validate Certificate Background. X.509 certificate validation is a complex process and can be done to several levels of confidence. How intensive this validation is depends on the kind of ssl certificate you've chosen and has a direct impact on the level of trust that certificate.
Domain validated certificates (dv ssl).
The certificate has to be validated against its signing authority this is accomplished by verifying the the complete, standard, certificate validation algorithm is laid out in (pain)full details in section 6. Specifically, this assertion can validate that a certificate is not expired nor revoked. The following is the syntax for. General configuration for certificate validation protocols.