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TLS: Server Certificate

RSA key exchange enhances security by requiring the server to send a Certificate to the client. This Certificate is a binary collection of the following information:
  1. Its identity
  2. Its own attestation that it really is who it has said
  3. A Certificate Authority’s attestation that the server’s attestation is true
  4. Its public key, which may be used to encrypt the message encryption key, randomly generated by the client