Self-Signed Certificates: What are they and why should you use them?

In a time when keeping data and users secure on the Internet is so important, digital certificates have been used for a number of different purposes. Digital certificates are used for authentication, secure Internet connections, code signing, and more. This allows data-in-transit or data-at-rest to be protected from outside attackers. There are a number of different certificate types, but we will be taking a look at self-signed certificates today. The first question we have to answer is what exactly is a self-signed certificate?

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