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Subject: Re: [pgjdbc/pgjdbc] issue #3942: File extension-based format detection breaks DER keys with .key suffix
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I don't quite like "dynamic detection" due to current lazy key loading in X509KeyManager implementation. However, it looks like  the overall changes are not that devastating, so we could probably support "dynamic pem vs pk8" detection logic.