Cryptography Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.42, by Herong Yang
Managing Certificates in Certificate Stores
This section provides a tutorial example on how to access and manage certificates pre-installed Firefox.
In the previous tutorial, I learned how to view the certificate from the server, while contacting an https (SSL) Web server. Now I want to know how to access pre-installed certificates in Firefox.
1. Run Firefox. Click the menu icon and select "Options...". The Options page shows up.
2. Click the lock icon. Security options shows up.
3. Click "View Certificates" in the Certificate section near the right edge. The Certificate Manager page box shows up.
4. Go to the Authorities tab.
5. Select "VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority", and click "View" button. The Certificate Viewer dialog box shows up.
Now we know that Firefox does have pre-installed certificates. If you click other tabs, you will see some other certificates in different categories:
- Your Certificates - For my own certificates.
- People - For other people's certificates.
- Servers - For certificates from non CAs.
- Authorities - For certificates from CAs.
- Others - For other certificates.
The picture below shows you how to access the Certificate Manager in Firefox:
Table of Contents
Introduction to AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
DES Algorithm - Illustrated with Java Programs
DES Algorithm Java Implementation
DES Algorithm - Java Implementation in JDK JCE
DES Encryption Operation Modes
PHP Implementation of DES - mcrypt
Blowfish - 8-Byte Block Cipher
Secret Key Generation and Management
Cipher - Secret Key Encryption and Decryption
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
OpenSSL Introduction and Installation
OpenSSL Generating and Managing RSA Keys
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 Google Chrome
►Using Certificates in Firefox
Visiting an "https" Web Site with Firefox
►Managing Certificates in Certificate Stores
Exporting Certificates Out of Firefox
OpenSSL Viewing Certificates Exported from Firefox
Importing CA Certificate into Firefox