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> # Certification Path Tab of the Certificate Information Dialog

> A certificate chain is a series of certificates representing a hierarchy of certificate authorities (CA). When a CA issues a certificate, it can include its certificate chain. If a single CA certificate in the chain is trusted, then every certificate issued by it is also trusted. This prevents clients and servers from having to explicitly trust every CA server that may issue a certificate.

> If a certificate does not contain a certificate chain, this panel will show the text BROKEN_CERTIFICATE_CHAIN. In order to communicate securely, you will need to explicitly trust this certificate.

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