I'm reading about using the keytool command to generate a certificate from the oracle guide. The part I don’t understand is it says after running the command keytool -genkey ..., it creates a public/private key. Can someone tell me explicitly what and where the public/private keys are? The only part I understand is after running the command, it creates an entry in the keystore…
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Yes, it creates an entry in the keystore containing the public and private keys. – user207421 Jul 21 '14 at 05:18
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@EJP I know I can get the public key by doing `-exportcert`. But what is the private key and how do I view it? – Glide Jul 21 '14 at 05:59
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It's in the KeyStore. You can view it with keytool -list -v. – user207421 Jul 21 '14 at 06:32
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@EJP I believe you can only view the public cert with keytool -list -v. There's no way to view the private key except by programatically. – Glide Jul 29 '14 at 21:07