Exporting Certificates Out of Firefox

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∟Using Certificates in Firefox

∟Exporting Certificates Out of Firefox

This section provides a tutorial example on how to export a certificate from Firefox into a certificate file in DER and PEM formats.

In previous tutorial, we learned how to access certificates pre-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".

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

X.509 Certificate (PEM)(*.crt;*.pem)
X.509 Certificate with chain (PEM)(*.crt;*.pem)
X.509 Certificate (DER)(*.der)
X.509 Certificate (PKCS#7)(*.p7c)
X.509 Certificate with chain (PKCS#7)(*.p7c)

4. Enter a file name: \verisign3.crt, and click the "Save" button. The selected certificate will be exported into the specified file.

In the next tutorial, we will view the contents of the certificate from "VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority" stored in a PEM file, \verisign3.crt.

Table of Contents

About This Book

Cryptography Terminology

Cryptography Basic Concepts

Introduction to AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)

Introduction to DES Algorithm

DES Algorithm - Illustrated with Java Programs

DES Algorithm Java Implementation

DES Algorithm - Java Implementation in JDK JCE

DES Encryption Operation Modes

DES in Stream Cipher Modes

PHP Implementation of DES - mcrypt

Blowfish - 8-Byte Block Cipher

Secret Key Generation and Management

Cipher - Secret Key Encryption and Decryption

Introduction of RSA Algorithm

RSA Implementation using java.math.BigInteger Class

Introduction of DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm)

Java Default Implementation of DSA

Private key and Public Key Pair Generation

PKCS#8/X.509 Private/Public Encoding Standards

Cipher - Public Key Encryption and Decryption

MD5 Mesasge Digest Algorithm

SHA1 Mesasge Digest Algorithm

OpenSSL Introduction and Installation

OpenSSL Generating and Managing RSA Keys

OpenSSL Managing Certificates

OpenSSL Generating and Signing CSR

OpenSSL Validating Certificate Path

"keytool" and "keystore" from JDK

"OpenSSL" Signing CSR Generated by "keytool"

Migrating Keys from "keystore" to "OpenSSL" Key Files

Certificate X.509 Standard and DER/PEM Formats

Migrating Keys from "OpenSSL" Key Files to "keystore"

Using Certificates in IE

Using Certificates in Google Chrome

►Using Certificates in Firefox

Visiting an "https" Web Site with Firefox

Viewing Certificate Details

Managing Certificates in Certificate Stores

►Exporting Certificates Out of Firefox

OpenSSL Viewing Certificates Exported from Firefox

Importing CA Certificate into Firefox

Importing Certificate Path into Firefox

Archived Tutorials

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