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∟PKI Certificate Store
This chapter provides a quick introduction of PKI certificate stores, including Windows Windows Certificate Stores, macOS KeyChains, Linux Trust Stores, Java KeyStores, PEM Certificate Bundle Files and PKCS12 Certificate Bundle Files.
What Is PKI Certificate Store
What Is Windows Certificate Store
What Is macOS KeyChain
What Is Java KeyStore
What Is PEM Certificate Bundle
What Is PKCS12 Certificate Bundle
What Is Linux Trust Store
Takeaways:
- A PKI certificate store is a database to securely store PKI certificates
and related information.
- A Windows certificate store is a system component in
a Windows computer to manage private/public keys and certificates.
- A macOS KeyChain is a system component
a macOS computer to manage passwords, private/public keys and certificates.
- Linux Trust Store is a system component in a Linux computer
to manage trusted root CA certificates.
- Java KeyStore is a binary file used by older Android systems and Java applications
to store private/public keys and certificates
- A PEM certificate bundle is a text file of a concatenation of
multiple certificates in PEM format.
- A PKCS12 certificate bundle is a binary file in PKCS #12 format
to store cryptography objects including private/public key pairs
and certificates.
Table of Contents
About This Book
Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
Introduction of PKI Certificate
PKI Certificate File Formats
OpenSSL - Cryptography Toolkit
"openssl ca" - CA (Certificate Authority) Tool
Java "keytool" Commands and KeyStore Files
►PKI Certificate Store
PKCS12 Certificate Bundle File
PKCS7 Certificate Chain File
Linux Trust Store for CA Certificates
ca-certificates - Linux CA Certificate Package
update-ca-trust Command on Red Hat Computers
PKI Certificate Related Terminology
References
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