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Different Platforms & Devices requires SSL certificates in different formats
eg:- A Windows Server uses .pfx files
An Apache Server uses .crt, .cer files

NOTE: Only way to tell the difference between PEM .cer and DER .cer is to open the file in a Text editor and look for the BEGIN/END statements or open the file properties and look at the extension.

 

PEM Format
It is the most common format that Certificate Authorities issue certificates in. It contains the ‘—–BEGIN CERTIFICATE—–” and “—–END CERTIFICATE—–” statements.

Several PEM certificates and even the Private key can be included in one file, one below the other. But most platforms(eg:- Apache) expects the certificates and Private key to be in separate files.
> They are Base64 encoded ACII files
> They have extensions such as .pem, .crt, .cer, .key
> Apache and similar servers uses PEM format certificates

DER Format
It is a Binary form of ASCII PEM format certificate. All types of Certificates & Private Keys can be encoded in DER format
> They are Binary format files
> They have extensions .cer & .der
> DER is typically used in Java platform

P7B/PKCS#7
They contain “—–BEGIN PKCS—–” & “—–END PKCS7—–” statements. It can contain only Certificates & Chain certificates but not the Private key.
> They are Base64 encoded ASCII files
> They have extensions .p7b, .p7c
> Several platforms supports it. eg:- Windows OS, Java Tomcat

PFX/PKCS#12
They are used for storing the Server certificate, any Intermediate certificates & Private key in one encryptable file.
> They are Binary format files
> They have extensions .pfx, .p12
> Typically used on Windows OS to import and export certificates and Private keys

 

Converting Certificates between different Formats

.txt files

If you have .txt versions of your certificate, intermediate certificate, root certificate, and private key they can easily by converted to a .crt, .cer, .pem, and .key by opening them in a text editor such as notepad then saving them with the extension you want. (Be sure to change the Save as type: from "Text Documents (*.txt)" to "All files" or the file will be save as the new extension plus .txt for example "cert.crt.txt" instead of "cert.crt")

For more information on how to create a pem file click here.
To use our certificate conversion tool click here.


OpenSSL

PEM
Convert PEM to DER
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$ openssl x509 -outform der -in certificate.pem -out certificate.der
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Convert PEM to P7B
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$ openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile certificate.cer -out certificate.p7b -certfileCAcert.cer
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Convert PEM to PFX
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$ openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey privateKey.key -in certificate.crt-certfile CAcert.crt
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DER
Convert DER to PEM
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$ openssl x509 -inform der -in certificate.cer -out certificate.pem
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P7B
Convert P7B to PEM
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$ openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -in certificate.p7b -out certificate.cer
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Convert P7B to PFX
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$ openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -in certificate.p7b -out certificate.cer
$ openssl pkcs12 -export -in certificate.cer -inkey privateKey.key -outcertificate.pfx -certfile CAcert.cer
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PFX
Convert PFX to PEM
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$ openssl pkcs12 -in certificate.pfx -out certificate.cer -nodes
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NOTE: While converting PFX to PEM format, openssl will put all the Certificates and Private Key into a single file. You will need to open the file in Text editor and copy each Certificate & Private key(including the BEGIN/END statements) to its own individual text file and save them as certificate.cerCAcert.cerprivateKey.keyrespectively.

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