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pfx is a file format containing public key together with the private key for encryption and chain of trust certificates attached to the public key if such a chain exists. Pfx files are protected by a password to access.

PKCS#12, that is Public-Key Cryptography Standard number 12, allows all the identity informations to be encrypted in a single cummulative carrier to be utilized and exchanged. That carrier is the pfx file that includes the public key, the private key, and attached certificates and identities accompanying them.

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Cannot import the keyfile 'blah.pfx' - error 'The keyfile may be password protected'

We just upgraded our Visual Studio 2008 projects to Visual Studio 2010. All of our assemblies were strong signed using a Verisign code signing certificate. Since the upgrade we continuously get the following error: Cannot import the following key…
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Convert .pfx to .cer

Is it possible to convert a .pfx (Personal Information Exchange) file to a .cer (Security Certificate) file? Unless I'm mistaken, isn't a .cer somehow embedded inside a .pfx? I'd like some way to extract it, if possible.
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Converting pfx to pem using openssl

How to generate a .pem CA certificate and client certificate from a PFX file using OpenSSL.
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"An internal error occurred." when loading pfx file with X509Certificate2

I'm trying use self-signed certificate (c#): X509Certificate2 cert = new X509Certificate2( Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/myhost.pfx"), "pass"); on a shared web hosting server and I got an error: System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException:…
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Should I add my Metro app's TemporaryKey.pfx file to version control?

I've created a Metro-style C#/XAML application, and now I'm trying to add it to version control (Git and, later, GitHub). That means figuring out which files belong in version control and which don't. When I created my Metro project, Visual Studio…
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How to check expiry date of pfx file?

How should I check the expiry date of pfx file? Can this be done in Visual Studio?
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How to create a snk from pfx / cer?

Microsoft seems to have created a certification jungle, that is hard to understand. Microsoft X.509 certificate (.cer) Personal Information Exchange (.pfx) Assembly Signature Key Attribute (.snk) Would it be advisable to create an snk file…
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Waiting on a Task with a OnlyOnFaulted Continuation causes an AggregateException

I have some simple code as a repro: var taskTest = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000); }).ContinueWith((Task t) => { Console.WriteLine("ERR"); }, TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted); try { …
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How to retrieve certificates from a pfx file with c#?

I've been googling around for half a day looking for a way to read a .pfx file and import the certificates into the certstore. So far, I am able to read the .pfx file with X509Certifcate and able to import one certificate within the .pfx file. So…
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How to create a valid, self-signed X509Certificate2 programmatically, not loading from file in .NET Core

What I currently do is that I use OpenSSL to generate PFX file. This is causing an unwanted dependency, especially for Windows users. So I found some examples on how to create your own certificate using BouncyCastle, but this library is not .NET…
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How can I create a PFX file from a Java Keystore?

I have a Java keystore (.jks file) holding a single certificate. How can I create a .pfx file from this keystore?
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what is the correct way to cancel multiple tasks in c#

I have a button thats spawns 4 tasks. The same button changes to a cancel button and clicking this should cancel all 4 tasks. Should I pass the same cancel token to all 4 tasks and have them poll on the same token for IsCancelRequested ? I am…
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Cannot import the following key file error when importing pfx

I researched this question thoroughly on stackoverflow and I have seen numerous answers but none of them have worked for us yet. We recently bought a code signing certificate from comodo that we are going to use to sign our c# WPF .net4 application.…
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pvk2pfx.exe - can not find

Could tell me where to find the file pvk2pfx.exe? It is supposed to be located in /Visual Studio 8/Common7/Tools/bin/pvk2pfx.exe, but not on my machine. I don't seem to be able to find it online either. I tried installing the SDK, but…
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how to load password protected certificates from the X509Store?

I am building an ACS protected Azure WCF service that will require clients to authenticate via a certificate. I would like the client (and the server) to load their respective password certs from the X509Store instead of from the file system. I am…
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