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Patriot
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What isare the differencedifferences between .pem, .csr, .key and, .crt and other such file extensions?

I'm new to SSL / TLS, and I want to work with the OpenSSL toolkit.

I don't know whatWhat do .pem and .csr standsstand for?

I do know that .key is the private key and .crt is the public key.

What is the difference between .pem, .csr, .key and .crt and other such file extensions?

I'm new to SSL / TLS and I want to work with the OpenSSL toolkit.

I don't know what .pem and .csr stands for?

I do know that .key is the private key and .crt is the public key.

What are the differences between .pem, .csr, .key, .crt and other such file extensions?

I'm new to SSL / TLS, and I want to work with the OpenSSL toolkit.

What do .pem and .csr stand for?

I do know that .key is the private key and .crt is the public key.

Made question more generic so we can have a wiki answer
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Maarten Bodewes ♦
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What is the difference between .pem  , .csr  , .key and .crt and other such file extensions?

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Maarten Bodewes ♦
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ImI'm new to sslSSL / tls ( no actually not but i have no one to ask ) , ITLS and I want to work with opensslthe OpenSSL toolkit and.

I asked myselfdon't know what is a .pem.pem and a .csr .csr stands for? I

I do know that .key.key is the private key and .crt.crt is the public key  .

Im new to ssl / tls ( no actually not but i have no one to ask ) , I want to work with openssl toolkit and I asked myself what is a .pem and a .csr ? I know that .key is the private key and .crt is the public key  .

I'm new to SSL / TLS and I want to work with the OpenSSL toolkit.

I don't know what .pem and .csr stands for?

I do know that .key is the private key and .crt is the public key.

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Richard R. Matthews
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