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Comment by colmmacc

5 months ago

Nobody ever says "TLS Certificate". It's only an "SSL Certificate". On that alone, it's just easier to stick to "SSL" for consistency and everyone knows what you mean.

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mr_mitm  5 months ago

They should be saying X.509 certificate though. I think I say "server certificate" most of the time.

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