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----- MIICEzCCAXygAwIBAgIBAjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADA4MQswCQYDVQQGEwJ1czEX MBUGA1UEChMOWm9sZXJhIFN5c3RlbXMxEDAOBgNVBAMTB0hhbmNvY2swHhcNMDEw MTA0MDU1MjIyWhcNMDExMjMwMDU1MjIyWjBIMQswCQYDVQQGEwJ1czEXMBUGA1UE ChMOWm9sZXJhIFN5c3RlbXMxIDAeBgNVBAMTF2JhZGdlci5jYXZlb3N5c3RlbXMu Y29tMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDXb1mVOMweiXMJhknzUae7 6iJveRh1xmZmDmRlFKmZ6bAbxMWlgPDGRL/EZIjVPThjr/Kh2ADnq/mQ1O2C+NlX jyaGdxrCvFnH3oSaVoEEA7plp0uTy/sZZonkpkxKIHMSnDxJq+/wtXosh8ubxWJr OdUybytpFLRcHdaPYP98twIDAQABgQIAMYICADGjFTATMBEGCWCGSAGG+EIBAQQE AwIGQDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOBgQAN2ntQPm6lTS9i05oXlPb/+yxs3bPPSN9T BjcrhMMDKfPXgYB3OHubDFiPXBouVDBBVdYA+oA5l+h3q+MYCWAIicqfCKGL4co/ yoFaQ7sUzU6JpgAaQ9pWnVG1mGgWVJebIXwrswGVhA3zeyYSwKhfrKETzFkNUjur TomHiuG0xg== -----END CERTIFICATE----- CA cert: -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIICHjCCAYegAwIBAgIBATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADA4MQswCQYDVQQGEwJ1czEX MBUGA1UEChMOWm9sZXJhIFN5c3RlbXMxEDAOBgNVBAMTB0hhbmNvY2swHhcNMDEw MTA0MDU1MjIxWhcNMDIwMTA0MDU1MjIxWjA4MQswCQYDVQQGEwJ1czEXMBUGA1UE ChMOWm9sZXJhIFN5c3RlbXMxEDAOBgNVBAMTB0hhbmNvY2swgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcN AQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGBAM/NuJE7pZqB7Z7rFdJ8QbVZD++/bf0/YXtFDNiXgF3c d4F4U2b3OokgSUza4thTzkH/iRw18q6mF7OzTLzQDBWi2kGMic9MLlKQIz2UM8Uy CB9u4jlBmZuEAuFcEIGo/n0oFslZqkN8SRA9vrO2bKcvqBP8qG5whfeKMLeEM0MJ AgMBAAGBAgAxggIAMaMwMC4wLAYDVR0RBCUwI4Ehd2VibWFzdGVyQGJhZGdlci5j YXZlb3N5c3RlbXMuY29tMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA4GBAEtt4oLztkwyCqEoJ7va 9V7cWWRW+y7uRcdBx+2kuRSWjFAlYMeYaCuuy73TjK3wfdACxiKFiaUNUSicbTxt 4RSz2eb6vofv53hHkZzRutw+JQe8WAhZtJ2Oo3allcmJfaWuQlI0QNGdJwSYP2Ib Y8RpY2ik/bybEHSrfRIOUttw -----END CERTIFICATE----- ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]