> C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>openssl genrsa -out privkey.pem 2048 This generates a RSA key, it has nothing to do with DSA.
> C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>openssl dsaparam -out dsaparam.pem 2048 This generated DSA parameters. > C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>openssl gendsa -out privkey.pem dsaparam.pem This generates DSA key and overwrites previously generated RSA private key. > C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin>openssl x509 -in dsaparam.pem -inform PEM -out > dsaparam.der > -outform DER This did not seem to work, plus you tried to convert DSA parameters, not key (key is in file privkey.pem) For converting between PEM and DER could use pkey (in openssl 1.x) (tested in openssl 1.0.0.d) try: openssl pkey -in privkey.pem -outform der -out privkey.der ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
