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"Unable to initialize" during certificate import

843811May 18 2004 — edited May 24 2004

I'm trying to import a base64 root CA certificate, using:

CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
X509Certificate cert = (X509Certificate)cf.generateCertificate(b);

Result:
Certificate Exception:
detailMessage= "Unable to initialize, java.io.IOException: DerInputStream.getLength(): lengthTag=127, too big."

I know this certificate is formatted OK, because if I double-click on it, Microsoft Management Console recognizes and formats it properly.

Do I need to use BASE64Decoder before generateCertificate? Doc says I don't need to.
Any other ideas?

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