Posts by Vadims Podāns
PowerShell PKI Module (PSPKI) v3.5 New Year Edition
Hello everyone, we are announcing a public availability of PowerShell PKI module v3.5 New Year Edition. New version is a big work around various aspects of PKCS#7 format and messages. Here is a summary of what we’ve done: Time-Stamp Protocol client As a part of improved support of PKCS#7 messages, we added a .NET-compatible RFC…
Read MoreASN.1 Editor v1.4 (Christmas Edition)
Hello world! I’m glad to announce a new version of ASN.1 Editor. I called this version as Christmas Edition, because it’s the end of the year. This version includes not only bug fixes, but some features. Changes in UI look When I shared screenshot of ASN tree view, not all people figured what numbers next…
Read MoreDeleting certificates from Windows Certificate Store programmatically (PowerShell and C#)
Yesterday I went through one thread on Reddit: New to PS and want to create a script to clear all personal certificates from a local machine and something was suspicious to me. Then I went further and asked google for similar question and examined first page: Delete certificate from Computer Store Removing a certificate from…
Read MorePowerShell PKI Module v3.4.2 and upcoming plans
I’m glad to announce that a new version of PowerShell PKI (PSPKI) module is released. It is available for installation from PowerShell Gallery: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PSPKI/ PSPKI was in stable development for last year and most changes are bug fixes and usability improvements. Release notes for v3.4.2: https://www.pkisolutions.com/tools/release-notes-for-pspki-v342/. However, it doesn’t mean that the module is done…
Read MoreBasic Constraints certificate extension
Hello everyone! Today I’m going to talk about X.509 Basic Constraints certificate extension. Basic Constraints is an X.509 Version 3 certificate extension and is used to identify the type of the certificate holder/subject. In the past (prior to version 3 X.509 certificates) it was impossible to identify who is the subject: CA certificate or end…
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