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Certificate-helper is a utility desktop application written in Java designed and created to assist (mainly developers) in creating and viewing keystores and digital certificates. This is done via a Swing UI.

Features:

The current version supports the following:

1. Load a keystore and view its certificates
2. Extract private-public key pair of a keystore in PEM format
3. Create private credentials and store them in a keystore
4. Create private credentials (user can configure size of key) along with certificate signed by a key of the user’s choosing. I.e. it is possible to create certificates that are not self-signed but create hierarchies.
5. Create X.509 V3 certificates with extensions
6. User can configure the validity date of a certificate; so it is possible to create expired certificates or not yet valid certificates (can be useful during development testing)
7. Convert a certificate in PEM format (or view it in PEM format)
8. A light OCSP responder is build-into the tool (in beta yet). It responds to HTTP POST requests (only) for certificates consulting a status file configured and updated by the user. Can be used during development testing if no OCSP infrastructure is available.
9. Create a truststore from a collection of certificates the user chooses
10. Export certificates from a keystore
    The keystores types supported are #PKCS12 and JKS

New:

1. Certificate Helper has been migrated to an E4 application with improved UI and additional facilities:
2. Sign from PEM file
3. Convert between keystore types (JKS<->PKCS12)
4. Load a certificate directly in the application
5. Create truststore from selected certificates (from within the application or the file system)

Download the version suitable to your OS.

How-Tos and useful information

All the necessary information for using Certificate Helper is in the Main Contents

Contact

For any bug/issues please contact efstathios_cryptohelper@yahoo.com