Example: Viewing the contents of a cacerts file

To view the entries in a cacerts file, you can use the keytool utility provided with Sun J2SDK versions 1.4 or later. The following example uses the -list command to display the CA certificates in the cacerts file.

C:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\jre\bin>keytool -list -keystore ./cacerts
Enter keystore password:  changeit

Keystore type: jks
Keystore provider: SUN

Your keystore contains 15 entries

thawtepersonalfreemailca, Feb 12, 1999, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 1E:74:C3:86:3C:0C:35:C5:3E:C2:7F:EF:3C:AA:3C:D9
thawtepersonalbasicca, Feb 12, 1999, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): E6:0B:D2:C9:CA:2D:88:DB:1A:71:0E:4B:78:EB:02:41
baltimorecodesigningca, May 10, 2002, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 90:F5:28:49:56:D1:5D:2C:B0:53:D4:4B:EF:6F:90:22
verisignclass3ca, Jun 29, 1998, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 78:2A:02:DF:DB:2E:14:D5:A7:5F:0A:DF:B6:8E:9C:5D
gtecybertrustglobalca, May 10, 2002, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): CA:3D:D3:68:F1:03:5C:D0:32:FA:B8:2B:59:E8:5A:DB
thawtepersonalpremiumca, Feb 12, 1999, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 3A:B2:DE:22:9A:20:93:49:F9:ED:C8:D2:8A:E7:68:0D
thawteserverca, Feb 12, 1999, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): C5:70:C4:A2:ED:53:78:0C:C8:10:53:81:64:CB:D0:1D
verisignclass4ca, Jun 29, 1998, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 1B:D1:AD:17:8B:7F:22:13:24:F5:26:E2:5D:4E:B9:10
baltimorecybertrustca, May 10, 2002, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): AC:B6:94:A5:9C:17:E0:D7:91:52:9B:B1:97:06:A6:E4
verisignclass1ca, Jun 29, 1998, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 51:86:E8:1F:BC:B1:C3:71:B5:18:10:DB:5F:DC:F6:20
verisignserverca, Jun 29, 1998, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 74:7B:82:03:43:F0:00:9E:6B:B3:EC:47:BF:85:A5:93
thawtepremiumserverca, Feb 12, 1999, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 06:9F:69:79:16:66:90:02:1B:8C:8C:A2:C3:07:6F:3A
gtecybertrustca, May 10, 2002, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): C4:D7:F0:B2:A3:C5:7D:61:67:F0:04:CD:43:D3:BA:58
gtecybertrust5ca, May 10, 2002, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 7D:6C:86:E4:FC:4D:D1:0B:00:BA:22:BB:4E:7C:6A:8E
verisignclass2ca, Jun 29, 1998, trustedCertEntry,
	Certificate fingerprint (MD5): EC:40:7D:2B:76:52:67:05:2C:EA:F2:3A:4F:65:F0:D8