Certificates Flashcards
1
Q
DER
A
Distinguished encoding rules
.der
Doesn’t store private key
Secure remote access (Linux and network)
Binary
Java applications
2
Q
PEM
A
Privacy enhanced mail
.pem
Stores private key
Secure copy to Unix/Linux
Base64 instead of binary
Apache web servers to store certificates
3
Q
PFX
A
Personal information exchange
.pfx
Stores private key
Supports storage of all certificates in path
Binary
Heavily used by Microsoft products
4
Q
CER
A
Base64-encoded
.cer
Doesn’t store private key
Storage of single certificate
5
Q
P12
A
PKCS#12 standard
.p12
Stores private key
Supports storage of all certificates in path
6
Q
P7B
A
Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard
.p7b
Doesn’t store private key
Supports storage of all certificates in path
Successor to Microsoft’s PFX
Base64 encoding
