Before covering how to convert to pem from different certificate formats let us define what each of the certificate file extensions means. .pem - Privacy Enhanced Mail Certificate. A PEM file is Base64 encoded and may be an X.509 certificate file, a private key file, or any other key material. … [Read more...] about Convert PEM to other formats
netsh http show sslcert
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to use netsh http commands for SSL Certificate management on Windows machines, specifically the netsh http show sslcert command. Netsh http provides the ability to do http functions other than certificate management, but those features are … [Read more...] about netsh http show sslcert
pkcs12
A pkcs12 keystore is commonly used for both S/MIME User Certificates and SSL/TLS Server Certificates. The keystore may contain both private keys and their corresponding certificates with or without a complete chain. The keystore’s purpose is to store the credential of an identity, being a person, … [Read more...] about pkcs12
Windows Private Key Permissions
This article will demonstrate how to manage Windows Private Key Permissions. If you have a Windows Service running as a user or service account that needs access to a private key, you will receive certificate errors if the account does not have the correct permissions. For example, the default … [Read more...] about Windows Private Key Permissions
Remove CA from Domain in Active Directory
You have likely found this article because you are attempting to remove an old CA from a domain in Active Directory. If you're an Active Directory domain administrator you may have discovered old domains showing up as available CAs on your domain. You may also be attempting to decommission an old CA … [Read more...] about Remove CA from Domain in Active Directory
Python get SSL Certificate
This article will demonstrate how to use Python to get an SSL Certificate from a server. The server may be a remote web server, sip server, or any other type of server supporting SSL or TLS protected by a certificate. The server may even be a local server on the same machine as you are working from, … [Read more...] about Python get SSL Certificate
OpenSSL Self Signed Certificate
This article will demonstrate how to use OpenSSL to create a self signed certificate. First things first. What is a self signed certificate? A self signed certificate is exactly what it sounds like. The private key of the key pair signs its own SSL certificate. It is not signed by a CA … [Read more...] about OpenSSL Self Signed Certificate
openssl view certificate
To view and parse a certificate with openssl, run the following command with the openssl x509 utility: openssl x509 -in example.com.crt -text -noout Where x509 is a certificate utility, -in example.com.crt is the certificate to view, -text means to print the full details of the certificate in … [Read more...] about openssl view certificate