What is the difference between a cer, pvk, and pfx file?
Windows uses .cer extension for an X.509 certificate. These can be in “binary” (ASN.1 DER), or it can be encoded with Base-64 and have a header and footer applied (PEM); Windows will recognize either. To verify the integrity of a certificate, you have to check its signature using the issuer’s public key… which is, in … Read more