How to obtain public key from a .crt file
803320Oct 6 2010 — edited Oct 8 2010Hi
I am new to cryptography Please correct me if my understanding regarding the digital signature is correct and i need help to get the public key.
I have a x.crt file which contains following fields
1) x
2)y
3) Certificate
this certificate contains following fields
certificate version
owner id
name
public key
signature (which is obtained by signing from start of x.crt till public key with private key)
now i need to verify whether the signature for that i need to get the public key & signature from this .crt file. Is it how i need to verify the certificate ?? please help me as I am a newbie in cryptography