SSL Zertifikatformate und wie man sie erkennen kann

DER vs. CRT vs. CER vs. PEM Certificates and How To Convert Them

View PEM encoded certificate
Use the command that has the extension of your certificate replacing cert.xxx with the name of your certificate

openssl x509 -in cert.pem -text -noout
openssl x509 -in cert.cer -text -noout
openssl x509 -in cert.crt -text -noout

If you get the folowing error it means that you are trying to view a DER encoded certifciate and need to use the 
commands in the “View DER encoded certificate  below”

unable to load certificate
12626:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line:pem_lib.c:647:Expecting: TRUSTED CERTIFICATE

View DER encoded Certificate

openssl x509 -in certificate.der -inform der -text -noout

If you get the following error it means that you are trying to view a PEM encoded certificate with a command meant 
for DER encoded certs. Use a command in the “View PEM encoded certificate above

unable to load certificate
13978:error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag:tasn_dec.c:1306:
13978:error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error:tasn_dec.c:380:Type=X509