Alaka, Can you spell out the OpenSSL commands you are using to gen the key and cert? Perhaps that is where the error is and not your server. BZAG =========================================== Alaka wrote: Hi All, I'm using Apache 1.3.31 with mod_ssl 2.8.17 and OpenSSL 0.9.7d binaries. I use RSA based self signed certificates for SSL communication. My httpd.conf has the following SSLCipherSuite configured SSLSessionCacheTimeout 600 SSLOptions +StdEnvVars +ExportCertData SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:!EXPORT40:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL But, in a freshly installed server, the server doesn't accept any requests and I get the following errors repeatedly in the Apache error log mod_ssl: SSL handshake failed (server 198.149.32.40:443, client 198.149.32.32) (OpenSSL library error follows) [Mon May 23 13:37:43 2005] [error] OpenSSL: error:1408A0C1:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:no shared cipher [Hint: Too restrictive SSLCipherSuite or using DSA server certificate?] I browsed the modssl FAQ and got, that sometimes regenerating certificates helps. I regenerated the server certificates, but I'm still facing the same issue. Has anybody experienced such an error ? Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance, -Alaka --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx