PFX

The PKCS#12 or PFX format is a binary format for storing the server certificate, any intermediate certificates, and the private key into a single encryptable file

Related terms

• X.509
• .PEM
• .p12

See also

• OpenSSL: RSA, ECDSA, WolfSSL, AES, Diffie-Hellman (DH) key-exchange, /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf, OpenSSL v3
• OpenSSH (changelog): /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /etc/ssh/ssh_config | ~/.ssh/ | openSSL | sshd logs | sftp | scp | authorized_keys | ssh-keygen | ssh-keyscan | ssh-add | ssh-agent | ssh | Ssh -O stop | ssh-copy-id | CheckHostIP | UseKeychain, OpenSSF, ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
• Certificate, certificate extensions (.pem, .pfx), CSR, .csr, root certificate, public certificate