Hi,
I have noticed the following command sequence generates Private Key files with different Header. Is there a reason for this?? You will also notice that the character count is different. The first private key cause our embedded system (not Linux, proprietary) to choke while the second one was went smoothly. $env:OPENSSL_CONF = "C:\testCA\CAcnf.ca" openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:1024 -out cacert.pem -outform PEM -nodes $env:OPENSSL_CONF = "C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin\openssl.cfg" openssl req -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout daniel2_privkey.pem -keyform PEM -out myreq.pem -outform PEM -nodes $env:OPENSSL_CONF = "C:\testCA\CAcnf.ca" openssl ca -in myreq.pem -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- MIICdgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCAmAwggJcAgEAAoGBALrgGPXp1ZsiaV3A QJDRhnpIry9s5VoAu0wdBQs9e2bBGoyOnT6qbQrzjR9xgwngMHXQBSjNTDYK22HS sHhdzFhEoq1nRUCjEbByuVODyBObl1Mqf3Iw6cC33ebk4NCNuKfrImqNERpnCgiJ G6ru/qrrNI3rXn/Qp5k3kI9yhoMVAgMBAAECgYAZXdIFj3gvVrx2vWIGRmq6rqMZ DO8VCIRkEIxeujnF+PBho/o0R24FzomZew8OiCAL3fDVWQi/TTn6TV8m95SFKxM4 00HD6FfcjzTURvFt6R8cSfPyiPWRNjEHbH9ngdrH6Vqreus/x9KzeNubXlo+RPCb ZF6LZT7I0p3b6IRgAQJBAPN3wiAInlvsU1QSD8M/sweSG1XgDqw35cgzQnBfML4n LJmodQkwk/uLTpR5asx8ee9tsttKTK6qKFT8NpxH1qECQQDEfpr6Cj2c6HIYoLfn C3XqNPKBRxZBPRLFPgyVdf+LW8pkvYDdd7L+TSKZ9IvRxYL2vo7yySf5LdeFYUgT 7zv1AkEAxv4CB2aj8CPnM5aTlZTxweVUPEsmEvKY95mV2vyifTjNhkWeasVunjEN J+NZPAsdKmlxvzQqGrRuxI9kHzXEIQJABO0Tn48gKk3dhmaJFb7AzwVSyxDoKuyI Cu/aSujxZiH/+fSSRXsZvqxaYLezxaeI9/yhAs8uNF4E2DAvKWjG/QJAVqoW5hkW roWiPMgt2sl/6o4W4pjb3c864krtM2ezug7Xx8Z5tccH0zChCmgXE59ynAOnGzKR guExxj8ceMCuKg== -----END PRIVATE KEY----- env:OPENSSL_CONF = "C:\testCA\CAcnf.ca" openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:1024 -out cacert.pem -outform PEM -nodes $env:OPENSSL_CONF = "C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin\openssl.cfg" openssl genrsa -out daniel_privkey.pem 1024 openssl req -new -key daniel_privkey.pem -out daniel_certreq.csr openssl ca -in daniel_certreq.csr -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIICXAIBAAKBgQDT5T98Hro3if5T3CSizcgAvuqUz7gtpBQrNPlidbIUgL1qLpwU 0//giw7eOBXTylIdZQod30fmV8kNldeO4JGyk7c0SkLpZJbbGu2co1TZOhxcpl7y izGLSnf7BQ0x9T3zAcX8yylw07DKgix2/q6DkP1CZ6ZZmr2pSmQtx69ZeQIDAQAB AoGAdvuDam7WodkatnwnFkP2ynRpxKXfBcHckWZtopv0Iw8nTThe7FMemzd6Yc2c dBBni5nw1FVMSkuA2eAJ6nCvXlGC50dCJvzYIufjq677vq8OC+H2bV+HcfUGqcUd YNMR6Ieyo7zipuOhsBb/SiBLuAl2y6A411jy6X4jUWIy3AECQQDptmkKP3ECYBy5 i7d855CegKXiJ/vVlYCUolJqBh95Ll0ttQvT6jKBtCnz6Np/IJSvZTFbqRuFhU1X yoyJsW41AkEA6Bo4s+1VN+yd4R0yCv6NUZ0VtYGnTteUTphzGPlzpnLmPA7btcFx ef8pSdD1xGlBi1ddBNWtQ3OOXHkFYLB2tQJADwq4c/plUZvR/XcqlhVpT2pEQuwD 31lB708LMtu2BtyfDqQKYNc/7O0ljhc8iNYV+7vtk1Ks/Mj5k17r8KjEyQJBAIU+ YGTyj6SOQsh0EUF8hrZenpLXfqvlWK+SFyk0M29PsNqzkPATwEhP8mz898osvsL2 gWEAJfp+ATEXDL5IL60CQFhtbyiFBuKPH3oAUymV+laWTCux6S0Clx2K47QZWeKU 9m+BZU8GBSO0mQZv2GzIhjEfedT8KjlYQdgOZwMQyKc= -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- Best regards, Daniel Doron Customer Support & FAE Manager Connect One 20 Atir Yeda st. Kfar Saba 44643 Israel Phone: 972-9-7660456 x138 Mobile: 972-54-4959659 (GMT+2) Skype: vtdtech