> From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Dave Thompson
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 04:31

> *If* you are now using a legacy-format encrypted private-key (and your 
> original 
> error message suggested you might need some form of private key, which does 
> necessarily mean legacy-format encrypted) yes 76 chars is a problem.
> The example(s) I saw earlier were certificates, where 76 chars works okay.

Argh! private key does NOT necessarily mean legacy-format encrypted.
If you need encrypted PEM private key (and that remains a separate question) 
you can use PKCS#8 PEM private key with any width base64 up to 76.
On general principles PKCS#8 is preferably to legacy anyway; it's more 
standard/interoperatble, more flexible, the encryption is better.


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