hello, i try to be my self CA i read and test some howto but it stell doesn't work i know how creates a csr for a web site i know how sign it by myself i know how creat a CA but i don't know how the CA is suposed to sign a scr for now i've tryed to sign the csr in the same way i sign it with my own server key what does i need ?? i have this : it runs under win32 (apache and mod_ssl runs ok) openssl directory : ¦ GEN_CA.BAT script to creat CA "democa" ¦ GEN_CSR.BAT script to generate CSR ¦ libeay32.dll ¦ openssl.cnf ¦ openssl.cnf2.cnf ¦ openssl.exe ¦ SELF.BAT script to self-sign CSR ¦ SIGN.BAT script suposed to sign CSR with "CA" certificat (democa\private\cakey.pem) ¦ ssleay32.dll ¦ +---cert ¦ +---arcean a test web site stuff ¦ ¦ arcean.csr ¦ ¦ arcean.key unprotected key with wich i self sign ¦ ¦ CA_arcean.cert CA_signed (suposed to be) ¦ ¦ privkey.pem ¦ ¦ self_arno.cert self signed ¦ ¦ ¦ +---arno a test web site stuff ¦ arno.csr ¦ arno.key ¦ CA_arno.cert ¦ privkey.pem ¦ self_arno.cert ¦ +---democa ¦ cacert.pem ¦ +---private cakey.pem key (protected) with wich i think i could sign CSR someone could help me ?? thanks ******************************************************************* L'intégrité de ce message n'étant pas assurée sur internet, Natexis Banques Populaires ne peut être tenu responsable de son contenu. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisée est interdite. Si vous n'êtes pas destinataire de ce message, merci de le détruire et d'avertir l'expéditeur. The integrity of this message cannot be guaranteed on the Internet. Natexis Banques Populaires can not therefore be considered responsible for the contents. Any unauthorized use or dissemination is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, then please delete it and notify the sender. ******************************************************************* ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]