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Problem

You may receive this following error:

"Corrupted Certificate"


Cause

You may encounter errors when you attempt to import, add or use a certificate, which has been transmitted (e.g. via FTP) or copied using a text editor.


Resolution


The following types of certificate must be FTPed in ASCII:

  • PEM (privacy-enhanced mail)
  • Base64 encoded X.509

 

The following types of certificate must be FTPed in binary:

  • DER encoded binary X.509
  • PKCS #7 (CA certificates)
  • PKCS #12 (personal certificates)

Also, you should process in text only editors like NOTEPAD which do not strip trailing blanks or perform other character changes like word processors such as Word or WordPad etc.

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