What is exportable private key?

Many, many and many administrators request new certificates and mark private keys as exportable. This means that when certificate is issued, you can export the certificate with corresponding private key to a PFX container and move it to any other computer.

Should private keys be exportable?

In short, only user encryption certificates should be allowed for export with private key for backup purposes. In all other cases, private key should not be exportable.

How do I export a private key marked as not exportable?

Open the non-exportable cert in the cert store and locate the Thumbprint value. Next, open regedit to the path below and locate the registry key matching the thumbprint value. An export of the registry key will contain the complete certificate including the private key.

What is an exportable certificate?

Exportable certificates allow the representative to make a copy of the digital certificate, combined with the private key. Once backed up, it can be installed on one or more computers. It is by this means that a “shared certificate” can be created.

How do you Export a private key on a Mac?

Open Keychain Access. Select the ‘login’ Keychain in the left column. Find the certificate used to sign your Provisioning Profile, and click the small triangle in the left most column to see your private key. Right click your private key and choose Export ‘private key name’

What is non exportable certificate?

Recovering a certificate where the private key is marked as non-exportable. When importing a certificate and private key in Windows (e.g. from a PFX file), you are given the option to mark the key as exportable. If this is not ticked, it is not possible to export the private key at a later date.

What is a non exportable certificate?

Exportable Certificate – Internet Explorer Certificates in Internet Explorer may be flagged as non-exportable. A non-exportable certificate will not allow for the private key to be exported. This adds an additional layer of security at the cost of convenience.

How do I export my private key from Epass 2003?

You can export a certificate from ePass2003 token to a file. From the tree view in the main interface of the Manager, choose the certificate to be exported and click Export button. A dialog box appears. Specify a path to the certificate file and its name.