Hi guys Does anyone know how to access the windows local computer store to obtain the certificate and the private key or at least how this is stored so I can gain access to it. If thats a bit hard to work out whats the best way to store a users private key on the system. I know that user keys have pass phrases the secure them is that enough? or could you do more? Ta, E. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]