diff --git a/phpseclib/File/ASN1.php b/phpseclib/File/ASN1.php
index 6bc1e93d..80f26fff 100644
--- a/phpseclib/File/ASN1.php
+++ b/phpseclib/File/ASN1.php
@@ -918,6 +918,9 @@ class File_ASN1 {
                     }
                     $value = new Math_BigInteger($value);
                     $value = $value->toBytes(true);
+                    if (!strlen($value)) {
+                        $value = chr(0);
+                    }
                 }
                 break;
             case FILE_ASN1_TYPE_UTC_TIME:
diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
index 1b08f57f..27787b74 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
@@ -1648,6 +1648,7 @@ class Net_SFTP extends Net_SSH2 {
                     }
                     break;
                 case NET_SFTP_STATUS:
+                    // could, in theory, return false if !strlen($content) but we'll hold off for the time being
                     $this->_logError($response);
                     break 2;
                 default:
@@ -1691,6 +1692,7 @@ class Net_SFTP extends Net_SSH2 {
             return false;
         }
 
+        // if $content isn't set that means a file was written to
         if (isset($content)) {
             return $content;
         }
diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP/Stream.php b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP/Stream.php
index 4d3f6cf6..01ebee8c 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP/Stream.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP/Stream.php
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 /**
  * Include Net_SSH2
  */
-if (!class_exists('Net_SSH2')) {
-    require_once('../Net/SSH2.php');
+if (!class_exists('Net_SFTP')) {
+    require_once('Net/SFTP.php');
 }
 
 /**
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class Net_SFTP_Stream {
         //}
 
         $result = $this->sftp->get($this->path, false, $this->pos, $count);
-        if ($result === false) {
+        if (empty($result)) {
             $this->eof = true;
             return false;
         }
@@ -659,4 +659,4 @@ class Net_SFTP_Stream {
     }
 }
 
-stream_wrapper_register('sftp', 'Net_SFTP_Stream');
\ No newline at end of file
+stream_wrapper_register('sftp', 'Net_SFTP_Stream');