Thanks alot for the suggetions given by the experts through the openssl mail archive. Finally i established the communication link between the client and inetdserver.But i used the existing certificates that are given in the openssl. Now shall anybody suggest me : how to create my own server certificates? Thanks for the consideration.... ----RaajKrissna __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]