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A '''Java KeyStore (JKS)''' is a repository of security certificates, either [[Authorizationauthorization certificate]]s or [[Publicpublic key certificate]]s - used for instance in [[Transport_Layer_SecurityTransport Layer Security|SSL encryption]].

In [[Oracle WebLogic Server]], a file with extension [[''jks]]'' serves as keystore.

The [[Java_(programming_language)|Java]] JDK maintains a CAC{{clarify}} keystore in jre/lib/security/cacerts. JDKs provide a tool named ''keytool'' <ref>[http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/tooldocs/solaris/keytool.html keytool - Key and Certificate Management Tool]</ref> to manipulate the keystore. ''keytool'' has no functionality to extract the private key out of the keystore, but this is possible with a third-party tool jksExportKey<ref>[http://miteff.com/jksexportkey jksExportKey - A free tool for exporting private keys out of the keystore as standalone files]</ref> .

== See also ==

* [[Public key infrastructure|PKI]]

== References ==