Comprehensive Analysis of SSL Certificates: Type Selection, Installation Guidelines, and Security Practices
This article provides a comprehensive analysis of SSL certificates, covering their working principle (combining asymmetric and symmetric encryption), selection strategies for major types (DV, OV, EV, and multi-domain/wildcard certificates), and installation and deployment guides in environments such as Nginx and Apache. It also emphasizes certificate lifecycle management and security practices, such as enforcing HTTPS and HSTS policies.