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How these .Cer .Pvk .Pfx in makecert / pvk2pfx are related

I have gone through this : What is the difference between a cer, pvk, and pfx file?

I would like to know how these pvk pfx cer are related in between each other?

Solution

  • This link can be helpful who is running behind this query :sample and provided explanation
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff699202.aspx

    + http://www.digitallycreated.net/Blog/38/using-makecert-to-create-certificates-for-development

    One need to create a certificate(.cer) and a private key file(.pvk), and then create .pfx with these and this .pfx is using in signing out dll/assembly/file that is going to deploy

    Again in short from above URL i mentoned :

    .cer - certificate stored in the X.509 standard format.

    .pvk - files are used to store private keys for code signing.

    .pfx - personal exchange format. for signing

    Thanks Rigin