Q57Application Deployment and Security
What type of file is created from the issued intermediate, root, and primary certificates for SSL installation on a server?
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‘C. PEM’ is correct
SSL .pem files (concatenated certificate container files), are often required for certificate installations when multiple certificates are being imported as one file.
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From the Cisco's Devcor training course:
There are multiple formats used to create certificate bundles, depending on the format of the certificate. Using a privacy-enhanced mail (PEM) certificate to create bundles is common because of the simple text format of those certificates. To create a PEM certificate bundle, it is enough to copy each certificate in the opposite issuing order in a text file, usually assigning a .pem extension.
To create a PEM certificate bundle, copy certificates in reverse order, omitting the final SSL certificate:
Root.crt is the root certificate
Intermediate1.crt is the intermediate certificate 1
Intermediate2.crt is the intermediate certificate 2
My_certificate.crt is the final requested SSL certificate
# Create a certificate bundle mychain.ca-bundle in Linux
cat Intermediate2.crt Intermediate1.crt Root.crt > mychain.pem
# Create a certificate bundle mychain.ca-bundle in Windows
copy Intermediate2.crt + Intermediate1.crt + Root.crt mychain.pem
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Selected Answer: C
Correct answer: C
PEM is right.