{"id":73749,"date":"2021-03-15T08:49:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T07:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/faqs\/exporting-certificate-private-key\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:32:02","slug":"exporting-certificate-private-key","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/faqs\/exporting-certificate-private-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Exporting a certificate with or without a private key"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<section class=\"container pt-2\">Do you know the difference between <strong>exporting a certificate with or without a private key<\/strong>?<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section class=\"container pt-2\">When<strong> exporting a digital certificate<\/strong>, you can choose between exporting it <strong>with or without a private key<\/strong>. If the certificate you are going to export is for <strong>personal use<\/strong> or a <strong>backup copy<\/strong>, you must do so with a <strong>private key<\/strong>. This key must remain under the <strong>exclusive control of its owner<\/strong>.<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section class=\"container pt-2\">This characteristic <strong>allows an electronic signature to univocally identify the signatory<\/strong>, but if the objective is <strong>to communicate with someone securely<\/strong>, it is enough <strong>to export the digital certificate with the public key<\/strong> and communicate it to this person. The public key is the one that <strong>allows the recipient to verify who is the author of the message<\/strong> and the integrity of the data sent. These keys act in a<strong> complementary way<\/strong>: what is encrypted by one can only be decrypted by the other.<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section class=\"container pt-2\">For example, if a sender uses a recipient&#8217;s public key to encrypt a message, once encrypted, only the recipient&#8217;s private key can decrypt it, as only the recipient knows it. 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