Truststore and Keystore Definitions

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Rob Wright picture Rob Wright · Nov 25, 2008 · Viewed 155.5k times · Source

What's the difference between a keystore and a truststore?

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Darron picture Darron · Nov 25, 2008

A keystore contains private keys, and the certificates with their corresponding public keys.

A truststore contains certificates from other parties that you expect to communicate with, or from Certificate Authorities that you trust to identify other parties.

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