A client certificate is a digital certificate used to authenticate the identity of a client to a server. It is used to provide secure and encrypted communications between the client and the server. An example of a client certificate is a digital certificate issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) to a user who wants to connect to a secure website.
A server certificate is a digital certificate used to authenticate the identity of a server to a client. It is used to provide secure and encrypted communications between the server and the client. An example of a server certificate is a digital certificate issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) to a web server that wants to communicate securely with clients.