pkcs12 is no encryption possible for certs?

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On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:02:06PM -0800, Michael Sierchio wrote:

> Whenever I hear someone talking about encrypting a certificate, I
> conclude that they are horribly confused. A cert is signed, over the
> entire contents, so integrity is reducible to the cryptographic
> algorithms employed. A cert is not a secret, does not contain secrets,
> etc.

And yet, PKCS#12 objects are encrypted, and include certificates.

-- 
	Viktor.


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