I use both Netscape and IE browsers to attempt to create
SSL connections to an Apache server w/ ModSSL. IE is able
to connect without a problem, but Netscape returns the
error "The security library has encountered an improperly
formatted DER-encoded message."  Note that the exact same
SSL server cert is being used in both cases.

Has anyone previously seen this behavior?  Any idea as to
why?  I've included the server cert, root cert, and
private key associated w/ the server cert below.

Thanks in advance,

Dan Lanz


Private key associated w/ server cert:
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIICXQIBAAKBgQDXb1mVOMweiXMJhknzUae76iJveRh1xmZmDmRlFKmZ6bAbxMWlgPDGRL/EZIjV
PThjr/Kh2ADnq/mQ1O2C+NlXjyaGdxrCvFnH3oSaVoEEA7plp0uTy/sZZonkpkxKIHMSnDxJq+/w
tXosh8ubxWJrOdUybytpFLRcHdaPYP98twIDAQABAoGBAK4CY6JTERQtQzzTOhINx2TSFeRiNG6U
xQrz3wWCLgeCqNuVEWu//Tq4Nwjjh15tp4lliZ5OAVUfJGJmij160NkbfMibgHN+IZEaY3uLezz1
lxrXVttSMUkPK4HFpEZ72HYgxTK3yEcQvDjjqIWnXpKWSap3h7LLqf9EesE4VxrhAkEA973kHVI0
su4OwLH8iInGlbMUtXI2TBv91n56KnGMB/kCHs57jRI/cmv7PsCXwYf/a4v+HVihWkvQZ5y7ot0w
sQJBAN6dxKblIuZAkvlnZmR4wj/0Xb5oow1lytm4WxqunMO1pn7fk81JFsCv0AgSlmjl40Sv/NQ7
vePF0MO0PFBMnecCQEweJAB+SYLQcefyx8yLyGAmba5yMQyhbRSCN7bivEuWznf4qS1m9eeKFd/p
/LaRuoCouqL5oFnGAXpURbJ8k4ECQQC41Irq+sIgJCsjUdtsveqiCPUwW1ZNkF98pxlVLPbRc2d6
XY0s22s9rnttyGkDTSOF6wxi9fsyOxKa+nE9Rm+vAkAp7yFhwpdp8jM8NpwJGzF8d5NfK04/uF8c
/ZuNWB+hwnph5P1/BK+GgxE0qMIbuMdPWt4xn8iK7ZM4WcKol0ED
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

Server cert:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

CA cert:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
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