certificates – Musings of the Proletariat

Changing a Certificate Key Type from Signature to Exchange

November 5, 2022February 1, 2019 by Nick Cottrell

Switching a certificate from ‘Signature’ to ‘Exchange’, or the reverse, is fairly easy. Just use the certutil utility.

Changing a CNG Certificate key to Legacy

November 5, 2022February 1, 2019 by Nick Cottrell

This can be done with OpenSSL. This same technique can be used to change Legacy Key Provider types.

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