> On Sep 24, 2018, at 6:25 PM, Scott Neugroschl <scott_n@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I tried googling, but couldn’t find an answer to this… > > I came across a certificate that had some text garbage before the ---- BEGIN CERTIFICATE ---- line. > > I know that the cert is defined as the data between the delimiters. Do the specs say anything about data before the BEGIN delimiter? Would a certificate with such data be valid? I know OpenSSL accepts such a cert, but is this an extension, or is it explicitly permitted by the standards/specifications? https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7468#section-2 -- Viktor. -- openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users