#define PEM_LIBRARY    "nsspem"
 #define PEM_MODULE     "PEM"
+/* hash files for use with cacertdir have this file name suffix */
+#define PEM_CA_HASH_FILE_SUFFIX        ".0"
+#define PEM_CA_HASH_FILE_SUFFIX_LEN 2
 
 static SECMODModule *pem_module;
 
 
                do {
                        entry = PR_ReadDir( dir, PR_SKIP_BOTH | PR_SKIP_HIDDEN );
-                       if ( NULL != entry ) {
-                               char *fullpath = PR_smprintf( "%s/%s", cacertdir, entry->name );
+                       if ( ( NULL != entry ) && ( NULL != entry->name ) ) {
+                               char *fullpath = NULL;
+                               char *ptr;
+
+                               ptr = PL_strrstr( entry->name, PEM_CA_HASH_FILE_SUFFIX );
+                               if ( ( ptr == NULL ) || ( *(ptr + PEM_CA_HASH_FILE_SUFFIX_LEN) != '\0' ) ) {
+                                       Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE,
+                                                  "TLS: file %s does not end in [%s] - does not appear to be a CA certificate "
+                                                  "directory file with a properly hashed file name - skipping.\n",
+                                                  entry->name, PEM_CA_HASH_FILE_SUFFIX, 0 );
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                               fullpath = PR_smprintf( "%s/%s", cacertdir, entry->name );
                                if ( !tlsm_add_cert_from_file( ctx, fullpath, isca ) ) {
                                        Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE,
                                                   "TLS: loaded CA certificate file %s from CA certificate directory %s.\n",