Cryptography - Keytool (Key and Certificate Management Tool)

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keytool is a Key and Certificate Management Tool that comes with the installation of Java

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Syntax

 Key and Certificate Management Tool Commands: -certreq Generates a certificate request -changealias Changes an entry's alias -delete Deletes an entry -exportcert Exports certificate -genkeypair Generates a key pair -genseckey Generates a secret key -gencert Generates certificate from a certificate request -importcert Imports a certificate or a certificate chain -importpass Imports a password -importkeystore Imports one or all entries from another keystore -keypasswd Changes the key password of an entry -list Lists entries in a keystore -printcert Prints the content of a certificate -printcertreq Prints the content of a certificate request -printcrl Prints the content of a CRL file -storepasswd Changes the store password of a keystore Use "keytool -command_name -help" for usage of command_name  

where:

• What is a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)?
• Keypair (public and a private key)

Example

See Cryptography - JKS (Java Keystore)

Documentation / Reference

• https://www.sslshopper.com/article-most-common-java-keytool-keystore-commands.html
• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/tools/keytool.htm