The PKCS #12 binary certificate package is a password-encrypted package that can contain nearly any type of data. In its common form, the PKCS #12 package is similar to a PKCS #7 certificate chain with a private key included. In this form, it is the only form of PKCS #12 package that RACF® supports. It can be used to migrate an end-entity certificate and its private key, with the signing certificate chain, from one platform to another. It can also be used by a certificate authority to distribute a certificate chain and one private key when the certificate authority generates the private key.