Certificate

Certificate extensions

PFX or P12 Personal Information Exchange Format

Supports storage of private and public keys and all certificates in the path.

CER or CRT Base64-encoded or DER-encoded binary X.509 Certificate

Storage of a single certificate. This format does not support storage of private keys.

CRL Certificate Revocation List

Designates a certificate that has been revoked.

CSR Certificate Signing Request

This file type is issued by applications to submit requests to a Certification Authority or CA.

DER DER-encoded binary X.509 Certificate

Storage of a single certificate. This format does not support storage of private keys.

P7B or P7R or SPC Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard

Supports storage of all certificates in path and does not store private keys.