I just ran into a problem when I tried to sign my Java keytool generated CSR using openssl. It does not recognize plain text, binary or even base64 encoded certificate files. I did also try to add a LF at the end of the file, but it did not help. Any ideas? c:\jdk1.3\bin\keytool -genkey -dname "cn=AppGW1, ou=GW, o=BMI, c=at" -alias appwg1 keytool -certreq -alias appwg1 keytool -import -v -alias appgw1 -file appgwCert.pem keytool error: java.lang.Exception: Input not an X.509 certificate keytool -printcert -file appgwCert.cer keytool error: java.lang.Exception: Failed to parse input Rainer ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]