-When making a request over HTTPS, HTTPX needs to verify the identity of the requested host. To do this, it uses a bundle of SSL certificates (a.k.a. CA bundle) delivered by a trusted certificate authority (CA).
+When making a request over HTTPS, HTTPX needs to verify the identity of the requested host. To do this, it relies on the [`truststore`](https://truststore.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) package to load the system certificates, ensuring that `httpx` has the same behaviour on SSL sites as your browser.
### SSL verification