[openssl-users] Openssl failed to decrypt certificate without \r\n

[Viktor Dukhovni]

> On Sep 18, 2017, at 3:21 AM, Zhang, Lily (USD) <Lily.Zhang at dell.com> wrote:
> 
> Why it can decrypt attached root.cer, it also has long lines in root.cer?
> 
> <root.cer.txt>

The OpenSSL PEM code cannot decode that file.  Its lines are too long:

$ PS2=""; openssl x509 -subject -noout <<EOF
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
EOF
unable to load certificate
88869:error:0906D064:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:bad base64 decode:/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/OpenSSL098/OpenSSL098-64.50.6/src/crypto/pem/pem_lib.c:757:

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	Viktor.