A ssl certificate is a guarantee from a certification authority that the server presenting the certificate is indeed who it claims to be. But that means different things for different ssl certificates.
Contexte
Ssl digital certificates
Traduction
Un certificat SSL represente la garantie de la part d'une autorité de
certification que le serveur presentant le certificat est bien qui il
dit être. Mais cela veut dire differentes choses selon le certificat
SSL.