PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Using HTTPS with Firefox 35

∟Exporting Certificate to File from Firefox 35

This section provides a tutorial example on how to export a trusted root CA certificate installed in Firefox 35 into a certificate file in PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) format.

In previous tutorials, we learned how to access certificates installed in Firefox. Now let's see if we can export a certificate out of Firefox.

1. Repeat steps listed in the previous tutorial until you see the Certificate Manager dialog box.

2. Go to the Authorities tab and select "VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5".

3. Click "Export" button. The Save Certificate To File dialog box shows up. The "Save as type" field supports these types with "X.509 Certificate (PEM)" as the default: 

X.509 Certificate (PEM)
X.509 Certificate with chain (PEM)
X.509 Certificate (DER)
X.509 Certificate (PKCS#7)
X.509 Certificate with chain (PKCS#7)

4. Enter a file name: \temp\VeriSign_Root_CA_pem.crt, and click the "Save" button. The selected certificate will be exported into the specified file.

Last update: 2015.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

 Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

 Using HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer) 10

 Using HTTPS with Chrome 40

►Using HTTPS with Firefox 35

 Visiting "https" Web Site with Firefox 35

 Viewing Server Certificate in Firefox 35

 Server Certificate General Information

 Viewing Server Certificate Path in Firefox 35

 Exporting Server Certificate to File in Firefox 35

 Viewing Pre-Installed Certificates in Firefox 35

 Listing of Trusted Root CA in Firefox 35

►Exporting Certificate to File from Firefox 35

 Deleting Root CA Certificates from Firefox 35

 Firefox 35 Displaying Certificate Error Page

 Adding Security Exception in Firefox 35

 Failing to Import Root CA Certificates to Firefox 35

 Certificate Trust Settings in Firefox 35

 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

 S/MIME and Email Security

 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology

 Outdated Tutorials

 References

 PDF Printing Version