Certificate Sandpit

Certificate Sandpit is an application written in Java that allows the user to explore aspects of encryption and digital certificates. This provides a convenient learning aid for students or others wishing to understand the ingredients and varieties of digital certificates. The program was written by Mick O'Brien, under the supervision of George Weir.

Certificate Sandpit will run on any platform that supports the Sun Java Runtime Environment (including MS-Windows and Linux). The application is copyright University of Strathclyde and is available free for personal, non-profit use.

Download the software from the link below. Getting started information is included in the accompanying README file. A conference paper that describes the application in some detail is available below (and is included in the program zip file).

Download Certificate Sandpit (.zip)
Understanding digital certificates (.pdf)
from the 2nd International Conference on Cybercrime Forensics Education & Training, Canterbury, 2008.

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