Samy, 

> Interesting ! 
> I just tested with a newly created certificate request 
> (newreq.pem) and it goes fine with 'rsa'command  ! my version 
> is 0.9.7g. Does this an issue with the version ? 
> If someone knows please let us know... 
> 
> I also given below the snapshot(edited) .. 
> 
> -Samy 
> 
> > CA.pl -newreq 
> 
> Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key 
> ....................................................++++++ 
> .++++++ 
> writing new private key to 'newreq.pem' 
-- snip --

Ah!  CA.pl must also write the private key to the certificate request.
However this is not necessary (only the public key and some extra info
need to be there).  Our set-up does not include the private key in the
CSR.  I guess the OP has done the same.

Mark.
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