New Improved Version of Multi-Platform Software Solution CERTivity KeyStores Manager Released by EduLib
EduLib releases CERTivity 1.1, a new improved version which provides new functionality for signing APK files, certificate extensions management, discovering Java TrustStores and other features intended to increase usability working with items from cryptographic keys and Public Key Infrastructure domains.
Craiova, Romania, October 26, 2012 --(PR.com)-- In about a half year since the first release of CERTivity KeyStores Manager, EduLib, the privately held software development company from Craiova, Romania, announces the availability of CERTivity KeyStores Manager 1.1, a new improved version of its first software tool. The latest release of EduLib provides new important features, updates and bug fixes.
“CERTivity 1.1 is an improved version of CERTivity 1.0, and was developed having as main purpose to increase usability and allow users to have an even more pleasant experience working with items from Digital Signing, Cryptographic Keys Management and Public Key Infrastructure domains,” said Mihai Popa, CEO at EduLib.
Version 1.1 is built, like CERTivity 1.0, on top of the NetBeans platform, using the advantages that it provides, and was created paying attention to details. Although it is not a major version, CERTivity 1.1 brings new useful features which may come in handy when dealing with digitally signing and creation of secure Key Pairs and certificates.
As the need for digitally signing files increases and the development of Android applications becomes more popular, the need of signing Android Application Package files also arises. Therefore the new version of the software tool released by EduLib introduces support for signing and verifying signatures on APK files, making CERTivity compatible with other tools than the JDK’s, like the Android SDK tools. Also, as an improvement, version 1.1 allows importing certificates into the active KeyStore directly from the signature verification result dialogs for the Verify JAR/APK, PDF and XML actions.
CERTivity anticipates the transition to secure RSA keys, as Microsoft announces that the use of RSA keys less than 1024 bits long will be blocked.
“Microsoft announced that the use of certificates having RSA keys less than 1024 bits long will be blocked. Java Virtual Machine may do this as well in the future. Therefore, we added in CERTivity 1.1 features to anticipate and offer support for the imminent transition to secure RSA keys,” said David Dascalescu, CTO at EduLib.
CERTivity 1.1 adds additional features compared to the previous version, like certificate extensions management, allowing basic display of certificate extensions, creating and adding extensions to a certificate when generating a new Key Pair or a CAReply (resulting after signing a Certificate Signing Request – CSR file) and viewing the extensions structure as XML. The extensions structure, at creation time, is displayed as a tree like structure, allowing saving the extensions as templates in XML documents or loading them from a template file when creating a new Key Pair.
Also this release of CERTivity allows discovering and opening the Java(s) Certificate Authority TrustStore(s) of the current system either Windows, Mac OS X or Linux/Unix.
“On many systems there can be more Java Virtual Machines installed, especially if the system contains both 32 and 64 bit java versions installed. Therefore, we are not only searching for the TrustStore of the main JVM, we search for others as well, from other Java Virtual Machines existing on the current system. Thus, for his/her convenience, the user has easier access to more CA Truststores from his system,” said David Dascalescu, CTO at EduLib.
For the user’s convenience CERTivity 1.1 has added some other features which ease the work like the possibility to generate a new Key Pair using some of the information from an existing one, retrieving SSL certificates using (pasting) a HTTPS URL instead of specifying separately the host and port number (option which is still available) or renaming entries by pressing the F2 key (like in Windows Explorer).
The new released version of the software tool has fixed issues found in the previous version, such as focus lost and entry selection issues. Also some corrections and uniformity were performed for the File Choosers.
“We pay attention to details, so we fixed the small graphic user interface issues and irregularities from the previous version, so that the user’s experience is as smooth as possible when working with our product,” said Mihai Popa, CEO at EduLib.
The new features and updates offered by CERTivity 1.1 are available from EduLib at http://www.edulib.com/products/keystores-manager/.
About EduLib
EduLib is a privately held software development company from Craiova, Romania, having a small but professional team, with more than 10 years of solid software expertise. EduLib has established as main purpose to offer high-quality multi-platform software products that cover a wide area of user needs.
“CERTivity 1.1 is an improved version of CERTivity 1.0, and was developed having as main purpose to increase usability and allow users to have an even more pleasant experience working with items from Digital Signing, Cryptographic Keys Management and Public Key Infrastructure domains,” said Mihai Popa, CEO at EduLib.
Version 1.1 is built, like CERTivity 1.0, on top of the NetBeans platform, using the advantages that it provides, and was created paying attention to details. Although it is not a major version, CERTivity 1.1 brings new useful features which may come in handy when dealing with digitally signing and creation of secure Key Pairs and certificates.
As the need for digitally signing files increases and the development of Android applications becomes more popular, the need of signing Android Application Package files also arises. Therefore the new version of the software tool released by EduLib introduces support for signing and verifying signatures on APK files, making CERTivity compatible with other tools than the JDK’s, like the Android SDK tools. Also, as an improvement, version 1.1 allows importing certificates into the active KeyStore directly from the signature verification result dialogs for the Verify JAR/APK, PDF and XML actions.
CERTivity anticipates the transition to secure RSA keys, as Microsoft announces that the use of RSA keys less than 1024 bits long will be blocked.
“Microsoft announced that the use of certificates having RSA keys less than 1024 bits long will be blocked. Java Virtual Machine may do this as well in the future. Therefore, we added in CERTivity 1.1 features to anticipate and offer support for the imminent transition to secure RSA keys,” said David Dascalescu, CTO at EduLib.
CERTivity 1.1 adds additional features compared to the previous version, like certificate extensions management, allowing basic display of certificate extensions, creating and adding extensions to a certificate when generating a new Key Pair or a CAReply (resulting after signing a Certificate Signing Request – CSR file) and viewing the extensions structure as XML. The extensions structure, at creation time, is displayed as a tree like structure, allowing saving the extensions as templates in XML documents or loading them from a template file when creating a new Key Pair.
Also this release of CERTivity allows discovering and opening the Java(s) Certificate Authority TrustStore(s) of the current system either Windows, Mac OS X or Linux/Unix.
“On many systems there can be more Java Virtual Machines installed, especially if the system contains both 32 and 64 bit java versions installed. Therefore, we are not only searching for the TrustStore of the main JVM, we search for others as well, from other Java Virtual Machines existing on the current system. Thus, for his/her convenience, the user has easier access to more CA Truststores from his system,” said David Dascalescu, CTO at EduLib.
For the user’s convenience CERTivity 1.1 has added some other features which ease the work like the possibility to generate a new Key Pair using some of the information from an existing one, retrieving SSL certificates using (pasting) a HTTPS URL instead of specifying separately the host and port number (option which is still available) or renaming entries by pressing the F2 key (like in Windows Explorer).
The new released version of the software tool has fixed issues found in the previous version, such as focus lost and entry selection issues. Also some corrections and uniformity were performed for the File Choosers.
“We pay attention to details, so we fixed the small graphic user interface issues and irregularities from the previous version, so that the user’s experience is as smooth as possible when working with our product,” said Mihai Popa, CEO at EduLib.
The new features and updates offered by CERTivity 1.1 are available from EduLib at http://www.edulib.com/products/keystores-manager/.
About EduLib
EduLib is a privately held software development company from Craiova, Romania, having a small but professional team, with more than 10 years of solid software expertise. EduLib has established as main purpose to offer high-quality multi-platform software products that cover a wide area of user needs.
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http://www.edulib.com
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+40 351 420970
http://www.edulib.com
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