.pfx and .cer files

[wagnj1]

I've read the cipher.exe help section on using the /R command to create .pfx and .cer files, it goes like so:

/R: Generates an EFS recovery agent key and certificate, then writes them to a .PFX file (containing certificate and private key) and a .CER file (containing only the certificate). An administrator may add the contents of the .CER to the EFS recovery policy to create the recovery agent for users, and import the .PFX to recover individual files.

can someone explain this to me? link to a good site that explains it? I would like to learn more about this.

 

[bcastner]

http://www.compulink.co.uk/~davedorn/computing/windows/xpencrypt1.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;223316&FR=1

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...chnet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/CryptFS.asp

 

[wagnj1]

thanks!