To facilitate the moving procedure, AspEncrypt provides a method, Cert. Obtain my Thawte cert Cert. The AspEncrypt installation includes CertMover.exe , a sample VB application with the source code included which you can use to transfer certificates from the HKCU to HKLM sections of the registry. Therefore, if you want to be able to send digitally signed mail from ASP, you must take the process of generating a private key and corresponding Certificate Request file into your own hands. The next section explains how to do it.
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Format Starting with version 2.0, AspEncrypt supports a special file format that stores certificates together with their private keys . Private key information in such a file is protected with a password. PFX files usually have the extensions .pfx or .p12 . All you need to do is export your certificate into a PFX file and place this file on the server where AspEncrypt can access it. To export a certificate from your personal certificate store into a PFX file, open IE or Netscape and bring up the list of your personal certificates.