Monday, 13 October 2014

What is the difference between two keystore file types .jks and .kdb files ?.

kdb keystores are used by HTTP servers and .jks by application servers.
jks is used for App Server SSl Configuration were as .kdb is used for Webserver SSl Conf
If the keystore is in CMS format(.kdb),then that store acts as a keystore as well as a truststore.

JSSE configurations typically reference a keystore and a truststore. By convention the keystore reference represents a Java keystore object that holds personal certificates and the truststore reference represents a Java keystore object that holds signer certificates. You may have only one store that holds both - personal certificates and signer certificates.

A default keystore and truststore are created by WebSphere Application Server during profile creation. You can also create a new keystore and truststores using the WebSphere administration tools.

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