Intermediates help chain the trust of your SSL certificate to the root located on browsers and devices. If you are having issues related to trust with your SSL certificate than most likely it is intermediate related. Here are the SHA2 backwards capable with sha1 root (standard) Intermediate & Root Certificates for Symantec, Thawte, GeoTrust, and RapidSSL.
Certificate installation normally requires that only a intermediate CA certificate (and not roots) to be installed on web servers along with the SSL certificate. Unless your server vendor specifically requires you to install the root CA, you should not install it on your web server. Typically Roots are only installed on Clients browsers in order to grant […]
Intermediate CA certificates enhance the security of Digital Server Certificates. As of October 10, 2010, intermediates have been updated for Server and Code Signing products. The certificates are signed by an intermediate using a two-tier hierarchy (also known as trust chain or Chain of Trust) which enhances the security of your digital certificates. Without the […]