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Inconsistent newline characters in PEM strings #709

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Description of issue or feature request:

Newline characters in PEM strings/files do not match across our supported environments. On Linux/MacOS, \n (line feed) is used, while on Windows it is \r\n (carriage return + line feed). This inconsistency is resulting in different KEYIDS/hashes for essentially the same key/PEM.

Current behavior:

An example of a public key in Windows where a line feed is used:

u'-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBojANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAY8AMIIBigKCAYEA0GjPoVrjS9eCqzoQ8VRe\nPkC0cI6ktiEgqPfHESFzyxyjC490Cuy19nuxPcJuZfN64MC48oOkR+W2mq4pM51i\nxmdG5xjvNOBRkJ5wUCc8fDCltMUTBlqt9y5eLsf/4/EoBU+zC4SW1iPU++mCsity\nfQQ7U6LOn3EYCyrkH51hZ/dvKC4o9TPYMVxNecJ3CL1q02Q145JlyjBTuM3Xdqsa\nndTHoXSRPmmzgB/1dL/c4QjMnCowrKW06mFLq9RAYGIaJWfM/0CbrOJpVDkATmEc\nMdpGJYDfW/sRQvRdlHNPo24ZW7vkQUCqdRxvnTWkK5U81y7RtjLt1yskbWXBIbOV\nz94GXsgyzANyCT9qRjHXDDz2mkLq+9I2iKtEqaEePcWRu3H6RLahpM/TxFzw684Y\nR47weXdDecPNxWyiWiyMGStRFP4Cg9trcwAGnEm1w8R2ggmWphznCd5dXGhPNjfA\na82yNFY8ubnOUVJOf0nXGg3Edw9iY3xyjJb2+nrsk5f3AgMBAAE=\n

The same key, but it uses \r\n:

u'-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----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\r\na82yNFY8ubnOUVJOf0nXGg3Edw9iY3xyjJb2+nrsk5f3AgMBAAE=\r\n'

Expected behavior:

The PEM strings should ideally match even if they use different new line characters.

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