hi, I am trying to create certificate..all is well till I call last method.. CA.pl -signreq C:\ssl\openssl-0.9.5a\out32dll>CA.pl -signreq Using configuration from C:\ssl\openssl-0.9.5a\apps\openssl.cnf Loading 'screen' into random state - done unable to load CA private key 114:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line:.\crypto\pem\pem_lib. c:662:Expecting: ANY PRIVATE KEY Signed certificate is in newcert.pem where I went wrong..coz all previous methods I called worked... I typed folllowing commands.. 1.perl -S CA.pl 2.openssl dsaparam -out dsap.pem 1024 3.openssl req -x509 -newkey dsa:dsap.pem -keyout cacert.pem -out cacert.pem 4.CA.pl -newca 5.openssl req -out newreq.pem -newkey dsa:dsap.pem and then CA.pl -signreq and I get following error.. Shahsank ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]