When working with public key infrastructure security environments, you sometimes need to convert PKI certificates into other formats. For example, if you are working in a PKI environment that provides user certificates in DER encoded binary X.509, you may need to convert these into Base-64 encoded X.509. This is the case when working with IIS for various mapping scenarios (one-to-one, one-to-many). Converting certificates is easy.The following procedure shows you how. This procedure is performed on a Windows 7 x64 machine.
- Navigate to the folder containing the certificate. It should end in CER, CRT, or DER.
- Double-click the certificate. The Certificate dialog appears.
- Click the Details tab.
- On the Details tab, click Copy to File... The Certificate Export Wizard dialog appears.
- Click Next. The Export File Format page appears.
- On the page, select the desired format, and then click Next. The File to Export appears.
- On the page, enter a filename, and then click Next. The final page of the Certificate Export Wizard appears.
- On this final page, review the options, and then click Finish. A prompt will appear.
- Click OK. The prompt closes.
- Navigate to the folder containing your original certificate. The converted certificate file will be listed.
- Repeat this process for converting to another format.
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