On Wed, 2016-11-23 at 09:39 +0100, Tomas Mraz wrote:
> 
> I also would not be too much worried - the API call should not be
> completely universal - the application should know whether it is
> loading a certificate or private key. It should just be able to use a
> single call to load a certificate in PEM, DER, or whatever other
> possible data format. The same for private keys, etc.

Well, except in the case where the application asks to use a PKCS#12
file as the identity. In which case you want to load cert, key, and
supporting cert chain all from the same place.

And you often have a PEM file which contains both the certificate and
the private key.

But yes, generally you *know* what you're looking for.

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