HPE6-A15 · Question #48

What is the certificate format PKCS #7 or.p7b, used for?

The correct answer is E. Certificate chain. The PKCS#7 or P7B format is usually stored in Base64 ASCII format and has a file extension of .p7b or .p7c. P7B certificates contain "-----BEGIN PKCS7-----" and "-----END PKCS7-----" statements. A P7B file only contains certificates and chain certificates, not the private key…

Authentication and Authorization

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Exhibit

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ACertificate Signing Request
BBinary encoded X.509 certificate
CBinary encoded X.509 certificate with public key
DCertificate with an encrypted private Key
ECertificate chain

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Explanation

The PKCS#7 or P7B format is usually stored in Base64 ASCII format and has a file extension of .p7b or .p7c. P7B certificates contain "-----BEGIN PKCS7-----" and "-----END PKCS7-----" statements. A P7B file only contains certificates and chain certificates, not the private key. Several platforms support P7B files including Microsoft Windows and Java Tomcat. Certificate-Formats/ta-p/176548

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#PKCS#7#certificate chain#certificate formats#PKI

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