| Subject | English | French |
| gen. | authentication certificate | certificat d'authentification |
| comp., MS | certificate authentication | authentification par certificat (A form of IIS authentication in which IIS accepts client-certificates used to prove the client's identity. Using this form of authentication, IIS can optionally map a client certificate to a Windows user account by using an internal mapping table or Active Directory) |
| comp., MS | client authentication certificate | certificat d'authentification client (In AD FS, a certificate that federation server proxies use to authenticate a client to the Federation Service) |
| law | Convention waiving authentication of certain certificates and documents | Convention portant dispense de légalisation pour certains actes et documents |
| gen. | off-line authentication certificate | certificat d'authentification autonome |
| gen. | on-line authentication certificate | certificat d'authentification en ligne |
| commun., IT | qualified certificate for website authentication | certificat qualifié d'authentification de site Web |
| comp., MS | server authentication certificate | certificat d'authentification serveur (In AD FS, a certificate that AD FS-enabled Web servers, federation servers, and federation server proxies use to secure Web services traffic for communication among themselves as well as with Web clients) |
| comp., MS | SSL client certificate mapping authentication | authentification par mappage de certificat client SSL (A method of authentication where certificates are used on the client and a mapping is made on the server (or possibly on the Active directory domain controller) to determine which client certificates should be allowed access to the site) |