∟Exporting Server Certificate to File in Firefox 3
This section provides a tutorial example on how to export an HTTPS server certificate to a certificate file in PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) format.
In previous tutorials, I learned how to view an HTTPS server certificate and its certificate path.
Now I want to learn how to save a server certificate to a certificate file.
1. Run Firefox 3 and go to https://login.yahoo.com.
2. Click the lock icon at bottom right corner of the browser window.
The Page Info dialog box shows up.
3. Click the "View Certificate" button.
The Certificate Viewer dialog box shows up.
4. Click the "Details" tab and click the "Export..." button.
The "Save Certificate To File" dialog box shows up.
5. Select "X.509 Certificate (PEM)" in the "Save as type" field.
Enter "\temp\yahoo_pem.crt" as the file name.
6. Click the "Save" button.
The "login.yahoo.com" certificate will be exported into the specified file.
Certificate file types supported by Firefox 3 are:
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)
