Certificates and keys

P7B viewer

To open a P7B file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.

Opened on this device, never uploadedDrop or paste another file at any time

What you see

P7B in the viewer
ReadPEM and DER, including the indefinite lengths Windows writes
CertificatesEach with its validity, names and fingerprints
SignaturesCounted; not checked
NextConvert saves the certificates as one PEM file
Extensions.p7b, .p7c, .p7s, .spc, .pem, .der
UploadNone: opened on your device

What is a P7B file?

In short

A P7B or P7C file (PKCS#7) is a bundle of certificates, often a certificate with its intermediates, as Windows and Java export them. A .p7s file is a signature in the same format.

How many certificates and signers it holds, then each certificate as a card in chain order, with a line saying whether the chain links up. A signature file says whether the signed content is inside or detached.

How to open a P7B file

  1. Add your P7B. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
  2. Look at it. How many certificates and signers it holds, then each certificate as a card in chain order, with a line saying whether the chain links up. A signature file says whether the signed content is inside or detached.
  3. Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter.

Questions

Drop it here: the certificates inside are listed with their names and dates. To use them with nginx or Apache, Convert makes a PEM bundle.

No. PKCS#7 bundles carry certificates only; keys travel in PFX files.

No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.

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