hi im quite new to this to bare with me. i am trying to create a certificate with OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007. i create a private key via c:\progra~1\apache~1\apache2.2\bin>openssl genrsa -out private.key 1024. this works fine. when i try create a certificate(acording to the tutorial searched with google)i try the following c:\progra~1\apache~1\apache2.2\bin>openssl req -new -key private.key -out cert.csr. i get the following output //============================================================================// CREATING PRIVATE KEY(1024BITS)//============================================================================// Loading 'screen' into random state - doneGenerating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus...............++++++..............++++++e is 65537 (0x10001)//============================================================================// CREATING CERTIFICATE//============================================================================// error on line 37 of c:\progra~1\apache~1\apache2.2\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf3788:error:0E079065:configuration file routines:DEF_LOAD_BIO:missing equal sign:.\crypto\conf\conf_def.c:366:line 37//============================================================================// which is the listen configuration. i have tried the following. leaving it as it was installed. changing it to localhost:443 changing the port to localhost:12345 but no luck, i get the same error. am i missing something? thanks in advance! _________________________________________________________________ Win 100’s of Virgin Experience days with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com