Dear Sir I am trying to encrypt a private key using the option -passin but still i get the "enter PEM passphrase:" message. openssl rsa -des3 -in private.key -passin pass:1234 -out private.key.crypt or openssl rsa -des3 -in private.key -passin file:password.txt -out private.key.crypt where in file password.txt i've put 1234 thank in advance alon ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]