2.15.1.6. SSL certificate format

On the hosting, X.509 standard SSL certificates in pem format are used. It is a simple text file in which a Base64-encoded certificate is placed between the lines ----- BEGIN CERTIFICATE ----- and ----- END CERTIFICATE ----- contains a certificate encoded in Base64 format. The file can contain either a single certificate or a chain of certificates. The file usually has the extension crt, pem, cer or cert.

You can check or decode a certificate using, for example, the online service SSL Shopper | Certificate Decoder.

Certificates in other formats can be converted to pem format using our converter or a third-party converter such as SSL Shopper | SSL Converter (supports conversion from DER/Binary, P7B/PKCS#7 and PFX/PKCS#12).

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