How can a view a p7s file?

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Request for Question Clarification by tar_heel_v-ga on 22 Nov 2002 11:14 PST

What operating system are you using?

The file extentions website [ http://filext.com/p.htm ], links to a
description of p7s from the rsasecurity website [
http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/pkcs/pkcs-7/index.html ]. It says
that this format is assocaited with "PKCS #7 - Cryptographic Message
Syntax Standard; This standard describes general syntax for data that
may have cryptography applied to it, such as digital signatures and
digital envelopes."

I could not find a reader as such, so this is posted as a comment.

Research strategy:

https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=search&q=file+extention&qtype=all

This is a digital certificate (digital signature file). You can open
in any e-mail reader, for example Outlook. But this file must be an
attachment to e-mail to view it. You are probably using free e-mail
service and read you mail trough web interface, if you'll access your
mail trough POP protocol using Outlook (or similar program) you'll be
able to view any further digitally signed e-mails as intended.

I have to agree. There are two ways you would commonly see a .p7s
file. If somebody sends you a digitlly signed email, and you use a
service or program such as hotmail that doesn't support tghem, then
you'll see a small attachment of a p7s file. You may also see one if
you export your digital certificate into a file in order to import it
into another mail client.