if ( derToken.getTagClass() != BERTags.APPLICATION )
                throw new PACDecodingException("Malformed kerberos ticket");
            stream.close();
        }
        catch ( IOException e ) {
            throw new PACDecodingException("Malformed kerberos ticket", e);
        }

        ASN1Sequence sequence;
        try {
            sequence = ASN1Util.as(ASN1Sequence.class, derToken.getBaseObject());