Source: wikibot/domain-validated-certificate
= Domain-validated certificate
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A Domain-Validated (DV) certificate is a type of SSL/TLS certificate that provides a basic level of security and authentication for web servers. It is one of the three main types of SSL certificates, the others being Organization-Validated (OV) and Extended Validation (EV) certificates. **Key characteristics of DV certificates include:** 1.