Received a P7B file from a Certificate Authority, uploaded to a dataset with correct VB and LRECL.
ACF INSERT of P7B file, gets the ACF00178 INVALID CERTIFICATE DATA - FORMAT error error.
Viewing the z/OS dataset, shows the first line says BEGIN PCKS7 and NOT BEGIN CERTIFICATE.
Is the .P7B format supported by ACF2?
Release : 16.0
A PKCS7 Base64 encoded ASCII X.509 digital certificate which is supported by the three ESMs(ACF2, TOP Secret and RACF), when browsed from a z/OS dataset should start with '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----' and end with '-----END CERTIFICATE-----'. Based on the BEGIN PCKS7 and NOT BEGIN CERTIFICATE statements in the file and the ACF00178 message the .P7B file is not a supported z/OS ESM format.
There are two options to address the issue.