ca-certificates ☆
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Description:
Mozilla CA certificate store
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 2025-12-02@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Security
Tags: security certificates ssl tls encryption infrastructure
Install: brew install ca-certificates
About:
This package provides a centralized bundle of Certificate Authority (CA) root certificates derived from the Mozilla CA store. It ensures that SSL/TLS applications can verify the authenticity of remote servers, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks. This is essential for secure network communication on systems where the native certificate store is incomplete or outdated.
Key Features:
  • Updated regularly with the Mozilla CA store
  • Integrates with system-wide SSL configuration
  • Provides a consistent trust store across different Linux distributions
  • Essential for secure HTTPS connections and package management
Use Cases:
  • Enabling SSL/TLS verification for command-line tools like curl and wget
  • Securing connections for package managers and build systems
  • Ensuring valid certificates for Python, Ruby, and Node.js applications
Alternatives:
  • OpenSSL System Certs – System-installed certs may be outdated; this formula provides the latest Mozilla root store.
License: MPL-2.0
Bottles available for: all
Important Notes:
CA certificates have been bootstrapped from both the Mozilla CA store and the system CA store at
one of the following locations, depending on your distro:

  /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt                 # Debian/Ubuntu, Alpine Linux, Arch Linux
  /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem  # RHEL/CentOS/Fedora, Amazon Linux
  /etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem                             # SUSE/openSUSE
Version History
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