Certificate Transparency

Certificate characteristics

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Information on the technical makeup of certificates

Public key algorithm

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Distribution of certificates by public key algorithm, reflecting the cryptographic methods used to establish secure connections

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Signature algorithm

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Distribution of certificates by signature algorithm, used by the issuer (CA) to sign the certificate

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Validation level

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Distribution of certificates by validation level, indicating the type of identity verification performed during issuance

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Certificate duration

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Distribution of certificate based on validity period (between NotBefore and NotAfter dates)

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Certificate issuance

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Certificate issuance is the process by which CAs generate digital certificates for domain owners. CAs are often operated by larger organizations, who may manage multiple subordinate CAs under a single corporate umbrella

Certificate authority owners

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Distribution of certificate issuance across the top CA owners

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Certificate authorities

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Distribution of certificate issuance across the top CA certificates

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Certificate Transparency logs

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CT logs are "append-only" and publicly-auditable ledgers of certificates being created, updated, and expired

CT log operators

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Distribution of certificates across CT log operators, identifying who manages the infrastructure behind CT logs

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CT log usage

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Distribution of certificates across CT logs

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CT log API

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Certificate submissions by log API

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Certificate coverage

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A certificate can cover multiple top-level domains (TLDs), include wildcard entries, and support IP addresses in Subject Alternative Names (SANs)

Certificate TLD distribution

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Distribution of pre-certificates across the top 10 top-level domains (TLDs)

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Wildcard usage

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Distribution of certificates that include wildcard entries

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IP address inclusion

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Distribution of certificates that include IP addresses

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Latest Certificates Transparency blog posts

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Posts tagged with "Certificates Transparency" from the Cloudflare blog