> The second certificate seems garbaged at the 4th RDN of the > issuerName. > The Base64 edition might have added or deleted some characters. Sorry, looks like my manual word wrapping lost a character: -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIHbDCCBVSgAwIBAgIIO7L2MrGOOTMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwgYAxCzAJBgNV BAYTAlBMMTgwNgYDVQQKDC9Qb2xza2EgV3l0d8Ozcm5pYSBQYXBpZXLDs3cgV2Fy dG/Fm2Npb3d5Y2ggUy5BLjEcMBoGA1UEAwwTQ1VaIFNpZ2lsbHVtIC0gUUNBMTEZ MBcGA1UEYQwQVkFUUEwtNTI1MDAwMTA5MDAeFw0xOTAyMjQyMzAwMDBaFw0yMTAy MjMyMzAwMDBaMHUxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlBMMRAwDgYDVQQEDAdTa2ltaW5hMRcwFQYD VQQqDA5KYWNlayBXb2pjaWVjaDEaMBgGA1UEBRMRUE5PUEwtNzQwNjAyMDgyMTQx HzAdBgNVBAMMFkphY2VrIFdvamNpZWNoIFNraW1pbmEwggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB AQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQDbTjEdIL21ctkfJ88d7EQDegNo5VLyPQXNSp5emoNI Uf/y+RiL47SrWxS/hqYLGLUlItMsA+VCyP/+Oi42nRXcsJrSZdVgqhZTaWTZca8m FOeujXy9eVvnAlnDDeofC5zAxYoW4fQI1/aPwmJ437bHWa6NR0iXT9j0caYfK8vr P+gLlakBJA5RV42mt4CBZMSiNNhA9KMi9UNbtqSzlPEpSJn8Vo2LWUe+yIlUcbCD gaQ5EVi8K7U0j5BLVQfVparZGi7C50V1ZPwWsYlu7v1PKHMDXPwUzOlwZ//UrxdR nv/AFgjLjxuS+FNvCOaiyr0EmxccLKFvqycvx6qOxFulAgMBAAGjggLyMIIC7jCB 2wYIKwYBBQUHAQMEgc4wgcswCAYGBACORgEBMAsGBgQAjkYBAwIBCjAIBgYEAI5G AQQwfAYGBACORgEFMHIwNhYwaHR0cDovL3d3dy5zaWdpbGx1bS5wbC9yZXBvenl0 b3JpdW0vUUNBMV9QRFMucGRmEwJFTjA4FjJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNpZ2lsbHVtLnBs L3JlcG96eXRvcml1bS9RQ0ExX1BEU1BMLnBkZhMCUEwwFQYIKwYBBQUHCwIwCQYH BACL7EkBATATBgYEAI5GAQYwCQYHBACORgEGATBzBggrBgEFBQcBAQRnMGUwPgYI KwYBBQUHMAKGMmh0dHA6Ly9yZXBvLnNpZ2lsbHVtLnBsL3JlcG96eXRvcml1bS9x Y2ExXzIwMTcuY2VyMCMGCCsGAQUFBzABhhdodHRwOi8vb2NzcC5zaWdpbGx1bS5w bDAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUVjnQyGMfM0fhHUvao3qe2tB5ZAMwCQYDVR0TBAIwADAfBgNV HSMEGDAWgBRC+k+GNoGdKKGeLRq1ULuqJ/KctDCB+QYDVR0gBIHxMIHuMIHrBgoq hGgBhvg9AAADMIHcMIHZBggrBgEFBQcCAjCBzAyByUt3YWxpZmlrb3dhbnkgY2Vy dHlmaWthdCBwb2RwaXN1IGVsZWt0cm9uaWN6bmVnbyBwb3dzdGHFgiB3IG9wYXJj aXUgbyBQb2xpdHlrxJkgVXPFgnVnIFphdWZhbmlhIENVWiBTaWdpbGx1bS4gVHJl xZvEhyBQb2xpdHlraSBDVVogU2lnaWxsdW0gem5hamR1amUgc2nEmSBwb2QgYWRy ZXNlbSBodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNpZ2lsbHVtLnBsL3JlcG96eXRvcml1bTBCBgNVHR8E OzA5MDegNaAzhjFodHRwOi8vY3JsLnNpZ2lsbHVtLnBsL3JlcG96eXRvcml1bS9x Y2ExXzIwMTcuY3JsMA4GA1UdDwEB/wQEAwIGQDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAgEA Jfef0HktjHsgL403s8XQggtqporvp5w2sZcQ+jCPb3h3xrztTjiUbIhw97No7u5J 5LV4pNuczzBynJYBeGQpYG/Tr37HNoCdQ+I8QfllF37O7MwCNWYbmenFjINIHogQ utizdHRIUDP5FY+3ZmTG0ZGz4Yi0Bw+6IEvLZM8SF7Ula9Bkyu/oF5SAN/h/f0t5 3PHIkqsiWG7xRUl9aBgyO8Q72r1tiY1aqfT665nRrOewXQHik9h1Fd/XwWtYZpnG hws8lFKGB/Dfa8BpXpx3hWdVgeUA75Spszt0Pcb0pCJyQ2x3F4VnphGv6p31VN5i d7M+nd3kUYuKHFjxVBWgiVlgeKrCD+wvM/jqNncW6ti6uXaeLM2WBI0FpLuT5ZD2 G5gtLZ8z3wI5BZsp07gl3ARD8EybcJVmVhxpfAcBgOTCoyhGbPKYIS0fmYYCzwFL St+I497avrAQtgDqDcCs1WlZWHts4dUudUJ8rV8uKgtVQUu0HofUZPjNPD8dJw6n 3YrVdsLleXQXKAJZCgti56lH+6eCsVs7fUNPAhnu3AHWvsBwFs/3DM3OBBXX5jtn 8miSC46ndNiq2hIsq+cvfVM4Qw57XDYgLWaINhI0QhluUqOAEDJmYitnesTfs3Ih /CCHBWG9Yw6XkaBk8TCks/OOuo9B9PFGt5wRasty/Ls= -----END CERTIFICATE----- This now reads correctly with OpenSSL. So the real error here was that sometimes OpenSSL accepts unwrapped base64, and sometimes not, but asn1parse never accepts it. Angus