Hi Dave, Thanks for your response. I am running this on Linux.
This is what my cert looks like below: What are you saying I should do? Thanks for the clarification. Liz -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIFrDCCBJSgAwIBAgIEQLJp/DANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBgjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFDASBgNV BAoTC1dlbGxzIEZhcmdvMSwwKgYDVQQLEyNXZWxscyBGYXJnbyBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0aW9uIEF1dGhv cml0eTEvMC0GA1UEAxMmV2VsbHMgRmFyZ28gUm9vdCBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0ZSBBdXRob3JpdHkwHhcN MDkwNTI4MTgxNzI2WhcNMTkwNTI4MTgxNzI2WjB4MQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEUMBIGA1UEChMLV2Vs bHMgRmFyZ28xLDAqBgNVBAsTI1dlbGxzIEZhcmdvIENlcnRpZmljYXRlIEF1dGhvcml0aWVzMSUw IwYDVQQDExxXZWxscyBGYXJnbyBFbnRlcnByaXNlIENBIDAyMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOC AQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAm1mEVgXlHHbd4DrKFIROTf6Q5JwzJEtjFiWN4lQsEvKeVN1p7/ua16c0gFhi zQvuD002pttUG7Tn6uUonUYxJajD2TnykAQu1m5Ks1gisNgYCGzH8tluKeWYANppSRt5F1Is3Yts NOGiYtVFnZf3FejOzVWkhnT5rYXjTf9Osu5KK1Jh7NywbFU5P2ytC4h/M9xnlHuCjy7RBmN956iG 7Eb+BBrvo7ZfTfzWuFzmvficKovoDbZOloLHHsRzj2iQ2euY+xW/g+Zn1lHPQCZfTdLgPUcnV7qp P+1fRVy5hNLQTw3nBrNa5RLIZK8RBpY6kig4wWhyNKP+9Ssc2m34lQIDAQABo4ICMTCCAi0wDwYD VR0TAQH/BAUwAwEB/zCBgwYDVR0gBHwwejA7BgtghkgBhvt7g3QAADAsMCoGCCsGAQUFBwIBFh5o dHRwOi8vd3d3LndlbGxzZmFyZ28uY29tL2Nwcy8wOwYLYIZIAYb7e4N0AAEwLDAqBggrBgEFBQcC ARYeaHR0cDovL3d3dy53ZWxsc2ZhcmdvLmNvbS9jcHMvMHcGCCsGAQUFBwEBBGswaTAwBggrBgEF BQcwAYYkaHR0cDovL29jc3Atcm9vdC5wa2kud2VsbHNmYXJnby5jb20vMDUGCCsGAQUFBzAChilo dHRwOi8vY3JsLnBraS53ZWxsc2ZhcmdvLmNvbS93Zl9yb290LmNydDAOBgNVHQ8BAf8EBAMCAfYw gbIGA1UdIwSBqjCBp4AUFK8Y973m52vjWvrqUe/+1FpxOcChgYikgYUwgYIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVT MRQwEgYDVQQKEwtXZWxscyBGYXJnbzEsMCoGA1UECxMjV2VsbHMgRmFyZ28gQ2VydGlmaWNhdGlv biBBdXRob3JpdHkxLzAtBgNVBAMTJldlbGxzIEZhcmdvIFJvb3QgQ2VydGlmaWNhdGUgQXV0aG9y aXR5ggQ55JeeMDcGA1UdHwQwMC4wLKAqoCiGJmh0dHA6Ly9jcmwucGtpLndlbGxzZmFyZ28uY29t L3Jvb3QuY3JsMB0GA1UdDgQWBBTEq0W2OgsBHGJcyj/H480vMMRX1zANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOC AQEALUIw6yFNj7mrTSIuqtT6rsAXgKApylI3HtepbWa6qxEmmDDjCAaOxXZKShTxBQa6qSpYFg0K FxqKsNiot8CAEMxXcapr5OLwytTFvnDSRa9H+mlLT6jpZi8C3fbqEvbVeh7NjT4oj8fNbsf13UgN 0xxlgiez47locWVADdYP/RucG31o+8OqJaZ/+AWsc+B6LoQ9jaYlYaiXXERQopLS8dxTeGp8pvmd YK4ghHG/AwLW0fEcaqQOqrBcf8A+3/RQYEdJ62vZ8Q9T6HwbdPr0zToqeVM5i+DgLjy2fq1eEp6a 5In0N78tkgEr8NPlpPgb93C6T8kNYioQY20dNklqLQ== -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIID5TCCAs2gAwIBAgIEOeSXnjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBgjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFDASBgNV BAoTC1dlbGxzIEZhcmdvMSwwKgYDVQQLEyNXZWxscyBGYXJnbyBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0aW9uIEF1dGhv cml0eTEvMC0GA1UEAxMmV2VsbHMgRmFyZ28gUm9vdCBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0ZSBBdXRob3JpdHkwHhcN MDAxMDExMTY0MTI4WhcNMjEwMTE0MTY0MTI4WjCBgjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFDASBgNVBAoTC1dl bGxzIEZhcmdvMSwwKgYDVQQLEyNXZWxscyBGYXJnbyBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0aW9uIEF1dGhvcml0eTEv MC0GA1UEAxMmV2VsbHMgRmFyZ28gUm9vdCBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0ZSBBdXRob3JpdHkwggEiMA0GCSqG SIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQDVqDM7Jvk0/82bfuUER84A4n135zHCLielTWi5MbqNQ1mX x3Oqfz1cQJ4F5aHiidlMuD+b+Qy0yGIZLEWukR5zcUHESxP9cMIlrCL1dQu3U+SlK93OvRw6esP3 E48mVJwWa2uv+9iWsWCaSOAlIiR5NM4OJgALTqv9i86C1y8IcGjBqAr5dE8Hq6T54oN+J3N0Prj5 OEL8pahbSCOz6+MlsoCultQKnMJ4msZoGK43YjdeUXWoWGPAUe5AeH6orxqg4bB4nVCMe+ez/I4j sNtlAHCEAQgAFG5Uhpq6zPk3EPbg3oQtnaSFN9OH4xXQwReQfhkhahKpdv0SAulPIV4XAgMBAAGj YTBfMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMBAf8wTAYDVR0gBEUwQzBBBgtghkgBhvt7hwcBCzAyMDAGCCsGAQUF BwIBFiRodHRwOi8vd3d3LndlbGxzZmFyZ28uY29tL2NlcnRwb2xpY3kwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAD ggEBANIn3ZwKdyu7IvICtUpKkfnRLb7kuxpo7w6kAOnu5+/u9vnldKTC2FJYxHT7zmu1Oyl5GFrv m+0fazbuSCUlFLZWohDo7qd/0D+j0MNdJu4HzMPBJCGHHt8qElNvQRbn7a6U+oxy+hNH8Dx+rn0R OhPs7fpvcmR7nX1/Jv16+yWt6j4pf0zjAFcysLPp7VMX2YuyFA4w6OXVE8Zkr8QA1dhYJPz1j+zx x32l2w8n0cbyQIjmH/ZhqPRCyLk306m+LFZ4wnKbWV01QIroTmMatukgalHizqSQ33ZwmVxwQ023 tqcZZE6St8WRPH9IFmV7Fv3L/PvZ1dZPIWU7Sn9Ho/s= -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----Original Message----- From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Dave Thompson Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 7:29 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: RE: cannot read PEM key file - no start line > From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org On Behalf Of Viktor Dukhovni > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 08:42 > On Sun, Sep 07, 2014 at 07:26:05PM -0700, Liz Fall wrote: > > > I have checked and verified that there is no whitespace. Also, the BEGIN > > and END statements look correct. However, each line in the cert is > > 76 > chars > > in length, except for the last line. Should the lines be > > 64-characters long? > > Yes. The OpenSSL base64 decoder limits input lines to 64 characters. > Nope. The encoder writes 64 (the original PEM spec), but the decoder will accept up to 76 (the less-old MIME spec). As one case I hit often, Java keytool -exportcert writes 76 and openssl reads it just fine. And the error here is "no start line". *On Windows* that often occurs when Windows editors treat text files as Unicode/UTF-8 with an invisible "BOM" (Byte Order Mark) at the beginning of the first line. Try prepending a semantically-meaningless comment line like: Hello! This is my Key!! Rah Rah Go Key Go!! -----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY----- MHcCAQEEIAqD7NQvpg74v7Pik4rAIfk/BIQlQa1fbM9BKkHOkKJBoAoGCCqGSM49 AwEHoUQDQgAE/BR1oMSfz4WgklW7t83E0xClrBh0md1Ata8rsPq8VAsB1WDXPXwk T7WbcXlsyxuyOb7ok8F544xmr+pKreWbHw== -----END EC PRIVATE KEY----- ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
