Checking pfx file type with struts

Question

Is there any way to check the uploaded certificate is really a pfx certificate? I tried with the following code:

LazyValidatorForm lazyForm = (LazyValidatorForm) actionForm;
FormFile cerFile = (FormFile) lazyForm.get("cerFile");

if (!cerFile.getContentType().equals("application/x-pkcs12")) {
    /** return error code **/
}

However, most of the time, the content type is application/octet-stream, which is no use

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '12 at 19:08

You could try loading the uploaded file into a KeyStore:

LazyValidatorForm lazyForm = (LazyValidatorForm) actionForm;
FormFile cerFile = (FormFile) lazyForm.get("cerFile");

KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("PKCS12");
keyStore.load(cerFile.getInputStream(), null);

Even if the .pfx contains a password protected private key, the .pfx should still be loaded (it's basically useless without the password but it should load).

If you get no exception and the keyStore.size() equals 1 after the load, then it must be a .pfx file.

Checking pfx file type with struts

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