Refers to a certificate used for client authentication, such as authenticating a Web browser on a Web server. When a Web browser client attempts to access a secured Web server, the client sends its certificate to the server to allow it to verify the client's identity.
certificate stored at a web browser user site that attests to the identity of the web browser user. The browser passes security information from the client certificate to the web page of an organization when the browser makes initial contact with the web page. If a client certificate is digitally signed by a Certificate Authority, and the socket used by VM:Webgateway with SSL Feature is SSL-enabled, VM:Webgateway can validate the browser user.
A piece of digital ID for the users accessing your site. It contains information about the user and is "signed" with a digital signature from the certification authority that issued it.