The Root Certificate Is Used to Verify the Entity Requesting Your Digital Certificate

As you use the web to perform a vast number of confidential transactions, many of the web sites you visit are using a digital certificate system as a way to verify that you are who you say you are. This digital certificate that is issued to you will be compared to the root certificate that they maintain at their home site.

Each of the digital certificates that are issued by Digi-Sign have a limited lifespan, but even with this they must be still match the root certificate that we maintain. The root certificate is a vital part of your security. Consider this, while anyone can put up a site that looks like your bank, if they do not have the root certificate to verify that they are who they say they are, your browser is going to let you know that you are on a fake site and deny you access.