PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 2.04, by Dr. Herong Yang
Chrome 40 Shares Windows PKI with IE
This section describes how Chrome, Internet Explorer (IE) and Windows are sharing PKI functionalities together in storing and managing root CA certificates and server certificates.
By reading the warning message when deleting a trusted root CA certificate, we can probably guess that Chrome 40 is sharing the Windows system built-in PKI functionalities, in the same way as Internet Explorer (IE).
So we can assume the following based on what we learned from IE tutorials:
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