What's the difference between.Sky,.pfx E. pvk?
I was messing with some files that are digital certificates and security certificates, so the question arose to me:
What is the difference between a file .Sky, .pfx e .pvk?
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Follows this answer translated from another question asked in SOen:
What is the difference between a cer, pvk and pfx file?
Windows uses the extension .cer for an X. 509 certificate. These can be in "binary" ( ASN.1 DER), or can be encoded with Base-64 and have an applied header and footer (PEM ). Windows will also recognize. To verify the integrity of a certificate, you must check your signature using the issuer's public key ... which is, by its instead, another certificate.
Or Windows uses .pfx for a file PKCS #12 . This file may contain a variety of cryptographic information, including certificates, certificate chains, root authority certificates, and keys particular. Your content can be cryptographically protected (with passwords) to keep the private keys private and preserve the integrity of root certificates.
Or Windows uses .pvk for a particular key file. I don't have sure that default (if any) Windows follows for these. We hope that let PKCS #8 be encoded keys.
You should never reveal your private key. These are contained in files.pfx and .pvk .
Generally, you only exchange your certificate (.cer ) and certificates of anyone intermediate issuers (i.e. the certificates of all its CA's , except the CA Root) with other parts.