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Hello, I have some SSL certs in ASCII format and I am trying to identify what was the proper file type so I can save them and upload them in my systems<br />
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The three files I have are all opened in notepad , the filenames are :<br />
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root certificate.txt<br />
chain certificate.txt<br />
server certificate.txt<br />
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every other time i've worked with SSL I had the files either in .crt , or .cer format, or .pfx. I tried to decode them on the SSLshopper SSL decoder which uses openssl, but it does not show me what extension i need to use. <br />
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Thank you
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Hello, I have some SSL certs in ASCII format and I am trying to identify what was the proper file type so I can save them and upload them in my systems

The three files I have are all opened in notepad , the filenames are :

root certificate.txt
chain certificate.txt
server certificate.txt

every other time i've worked with SSL I had the files either in .crt , or .cer format, or .pfx. I tried to decode them on the SSLshopper SSL decoder which uses openssl, but it does not show me what extension i need to use. 

Thank you

identifying the proper extensions for .txt SSL certificates

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