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# Evil-WinRM - OpenSSL
Extracting private keys and certificates from PFX files for Evil-WinRM certificate authentication.
### **Extracting a private key and certificate from a .PFX file**
**Private key recovery**
```bash
openssl pkcs12 -in legacyy_dev_auth.pfx -nocerts -out priv-key.pem -nodes
```
**Certificate recovery**
To extract the certificate from the **.PFX** file, use the following command:
```bash
openssl pkcs12 -in legacyy_dev_auth.pfx -nokeys -out certificate.pem
```
### **SSL connection with Evil-WinRM using private key and certificate**
Once the private key and certificate are extracted, establish a secure **Evil-WinRM** connection using the generated files:
```bash
evil-winrm -i 10.10.11.152 -c certificate.pem -k priv-key.pem -S
```
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