PEM-encoded X.509 certificates (for Unix auth)

PEM-encoded X.509 certificates are represented as multi-line text blobs which start with a line

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

and end with a line

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

 

Sample PEM-encoded X.509 certificate

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

MIIC6jCCAdKgAwIBAgICEAIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwXjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMx

CzAJBgNVBAgMAkNBMRIwEAYDVQQHDAlTYW4gTWF0ZW8xDzANBgNVBAoMBlF1YWx5

czEdMBsGA1UEAwwUc3NoY2EuZGV2LnF1YWx5cy5jb20wHhcNMTUwMzIzMjA0NDUy

WhcNMjUwMzIwMjA0NDUyWjBgMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzELMAkGA1UECAwCQ0ExDzAN

BgNVBAoMBlF1YWx5czEzMDEGA1UEAwwqcm9vdEB0Z3RyZWFsbS5rcmI1dGVzdC52

bGFiLmRldi5xdWFseXMuY29tMFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEcSwk

xLJbVc5tX6LEeCa9vzUqLm3XVZgLmENocna/poveNDpDThPBAggbFvHJvePgMFQe

67R/zbiFI15XhiHjQaN7MHkwCQYDVR0TBAIwADAsBglghkgBhvhCAQ0EHxYdT3Bl

blNTTCBHZW5lcmF0ZWQgQ2VydGlmaWNhdGUwHQYDVR0OBBYEFKOFhWrJgyFNBWXs

B/+fbUCB4qk+MB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFPMABuN7AtgiQziqo/XGRpOfVWw8MA0GCSqG

SIb3DQEBCwUAA4IBAQA3kLqHPAvsExNaNX2vrG3xHNwAzVifHjJ6O5mg4agbjQTX

hatWq+OYiL9IEXNRK/4iXj/543cPzIa6vahBuCroTFxQ0WBOolR+HuRjEB7AqwU6

IqHZ4lFSMfkwthM0BaiLSOeBqhBKh5GaSbNEzEUfJy/QBnNoYPbgv4TWOp7cT0d9

1P2SCoaijgtWTf+RiKpAxxs3xFqxDw0ucIg3vv98RaXnim0PVU3HPvsLAHUxDFT/

TL2JgteZEH/D1puEB2WT0T94+Wi+RzG6XBKXTglNEFNbIf6NWSZOMfaK4PvKZwUk

E+eD85PdeIp5FNMq0CUbmhZf+CcgMeV4Z8vPYrhw

-----END CERTIFICATE-----