19.1.4 Exporting a Public Certificate of a Trusted Root

You can export a trusted root or a public key certificate to a file so that a client can use it to verify the certificate chain sent by a cryptography-enabled application, or to have a backup copy of the file.

You can export the certificate in the following formats:

  • DER-encoded (.der) to a file.

  • PEM-encoded to a file. This is a Base64-encoded DER certificate that is enclosed between BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE tags.

  • PEM CUT/Paste Buffer. This displays the certificate data so you can copy it to the system Clipboard. You can then pasted it directly into a cryptography-enabled application.

To export the public certificate:

  1. Click Security > Trusted Roots.

  2. Click the name of the trusted root.

  3. On the Certificate Details page, click Export Public Certificate, then click the file type.

  4. Save the output file.