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Where are "Your Certificates" stored in Firefox?

I'm supposed to have some certificates installed in the "my certificates" section of Firefox, but there are none there. if I could figure out where there are stored (somewhere inside my profile directory maybe?) then I could try and restore from a backup.

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Steve Brown Avatar asked Dec 10 '11 18:12

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This would be a better question for http://superuser.com, but look in your Firefox profile directory. Certificates are stored in the cert8.db file. Their corresponding keys are stored in key3.db.

If you need additional assistance finding your Firefox profile directory, detailed instructions are available at http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles#How_to_find_your_profile.

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ziesemer Avatar answered Nov 16 '22 02:11

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