Cacerts

Java certificate database

changeit

c:\program files\java\jre\lib\security\cacerts

manage with http://portecle.sourceforge.net/ or keytool (java)

Certificate Types

It handles both User- and System-Level (enterprise-wide) certificates of the following types:

Trusted Certificates

These are certificates for signed applets and applications that are trusted.

Secure site

These are certificates for secure sites.

Signer CA

These are certificates of Certificate Authorities (CAs) for Trusted Certificates; Certificate Authorities are the ones who issue the certificates to the signers of Trusted Certificates.

Secure site CA

These are certificates of Certificate Authorities (CAs) for secure sites; Certificate Authorities are the ones who issue the certificates for secure sites.

Client Authentication

These are certificates for a client to authenticate itself to a server.