PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 2.04, by Dr. Herong Yang
Exporting Root Certificate to File from Chrome 40
This section provides a tutorial example on how to export a trusted root CA certificate pre-installed in Chrome 40 into a certificate file in Base-64 encoded X.509 format.
In previous tutorial, we learned how to access certificates pre-installed in Chrome. Now let's see if we can export a certificate out of Chrome.
1. Repeat steps listed in the previous tutorial until you see the Certificate Manager dialog box.
2. Go to the "Trusted Root Certificate Authorities" tab and select "VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5".
3. Click "Export..." button. The Certificate Export Wizard dialog box shows up.
4. Click "Next" and select "Base-64 encoded X.509 (.CER)" format.
5. Click "Next" and enter a file name: \temp\VeriSign_Root_CA.cer.
6. Click the "Next" button, then "Finish" button. The selected certificate will be exported into the specified file.
Last update: 2015.
Table of Contents
Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
Using HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer) 10
Visiting "https" Web Site with Chrome 40
Viewing Server Certificate in Chrome 40
Viewing Server Certificate Path in Chrome 40
Exporting Server Certificate to File in Chrome 40
Viewing Trusted Root CA Certificates in Chrome 40
Listing of Trusted Root CA in Chrome 40
►Exporting Root Certificate to File from Chrome 40
Deleting Root CA Certificates from Chrome 40
Chrome 40 Shares Windows PKI with IE
Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers
PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers
Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers
Certificate Stores and Certificate Console
.NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers
CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates
PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates
Digital Signature - Microsoft Word 2007
Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3