Keychain Access - Certificate Manager

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∟Keychain Access - Certificate Manager

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on Keychain Access as the certificate manager on macOS. Topics include introduction of Keychain Access; listing trusted root CA certificates; exporting certificates from or importing them to Keychain Access; detrusting or deleting certificates; creating your own root CA; generating CSR; signing CSR to generating new certificate.

Using Keychain Access as Certificate Manager

Listing of Trusted Root CA in macOS

Exporting Root Certificate to File from macOS

Delete/Untrust Certificates from macOS

Import Server Certificates to macOS

Create My Own Root CA on macOS

Review My Root CA Certificate on macOS

Review Private Key of My CA Certificate on macOS

Generate CSR (Certificate Signing Request) on macOS

Issue New Certificate with My CA on macOS

Verify Certificate Signed by My CA on macOS

Manage Keychains with Commands

Keychain File Locations on macOS

CA Certificates at "/etc/ssl | /private/etc/ssl"

Takeaways:

macOS uses Keychain Access to store and manage PKI certificates.
Keychain Access can be used to export or import certificates as files.
Keychain Access can be used to generate public and private key pairs and self-signed certificates.
Keychain Access can be used to create your own root CA, which can be used sign and issue new certificates for others.

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Macintosh OS (Operating System) History

macOS Operating System

macOS File Systems

macOS Network Connections

System and Application Processes

Keychain Access - Password Manager

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Productivity Tools on macOS

Programming Tools on macOS

Apache Web Server on macOS

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