An efficient way to open CA KeyStores (TrustStores) of the JREs on
the current system is to use Menu File >
Open > Open JRE CA KeyStore
. There you have a list of
the CA Truststores discovered on your system. The discovery of the JREs is
done by compiling a list of paths in the following way:
The Java property ${java.home}
of the JRE CERTivity
started with;
The system environment variables JAVA_HOME
and
JRE_HOME
;
For Windows platforms searching the installed Java JDKs and JREs in the Windows registry;
For Unix and Mac we are looking for traditional Java
installation directories such as /usr/java
for Unix,
/usr/lib/jvm
for Linux (Debian, RedHat) and for Mac
/Library/Java/Home/
,
/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
. Various
patterns are then used.
You can select a KeyStore from the TrustStore list discovered by
CERTivity on your system, or you can select another one by using Menu File > Open > Open JRE CA KeyStore >
Other...
menu item. In this menu item you have to select
the JDK's or JRE's home path, and CERTivity will open the Truststore for
you. This new selected Truststore will be added to the menu list, so you
will not have to make the selection steps again next time. The maximum
list size of JREs CA Keystore can be set in the Tools > Options
menu.
Before opening the selected JRE CA KeyStore CERTivity will ask for
its password. The password depends on the JRE distribution, but generally
it has a well known default - changeit
.