# Pkcs#12

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pkcs-12/72437>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 17, 2006, 9:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pkcs-12/72437 "2006-10-17T09:01:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![prhlava](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@prhlava](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prhlava)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 9:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pkcs-12/72437/1 "2006-10-17T09:01:25Z")

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Hi,  
please, could you advise what I should use for working with pkcs#12  
file?  
I tried OpenSSL::PKCS12, but  
#1 I could not find detailed docs on it  
#2 As I understand this class can only create pkcs12.

My task is to read pkcs12 file, extract certificate and read it  
attributes (e.g., subject).  
May be someone has worked on it. Please, help me 🙂

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![prhlava](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@prhlava](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prhlava)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pkcs-12/72437/2 "2006-10-17T09:19:27Z")

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Have you considered using openssl and reading it’s output?

On Oct 16, 2006, at 11:58 PM, Vladimir K. wrote:

> please, could you advise what I should use for working with pkcs#12  
> file?  
> I tried OpenSSL::PKCS12, but  
> #1 I could not find detailed docs on it  
> #2 As I understand this class can only create pkcs12.
> 
> My task is to read pkcs12 file, extract certificate and read it  
> attributes (e.g., subject).  
> May be someone has worked on it. Please, help me 🙂

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**Author:** ![prhlava](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@prhlava](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/prhlava)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pkcs-12/72437/3 "2006-10-17T13:33:23Z")

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You might want to try EzCrypto [http://ezcrypto.rubyforge.org/](http://ezcrypto.rubyforge.org/) to see  
if it works for you.

Pelle

On 10/17/06, Vladimir K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> May be someone has worked on it. Please, help me 🙂
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> >

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