Hi, I spent more time on this today by looking at the code. I see from the code that squid does not accept certificates which require passphrase to read the private key. In the function readSslPrivateKey(...), I see this EVP_PKEY *pkey = PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey(bio.get(), NULL, passwd_callback, NULL); The passphrase argument is NULL. The certificate file I was using requires a passphrase to read the keys while the self signed certificate does not require it and hence it was working. Am I right in my understanding? Is this the way squid is designed to work or is this a bug? Regards, Prasanna On 4/9/13, Prasanna Venkateswaran <prascalls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I am using squid 3.3.1 to enable the dynamic certificate > generation functionality and it works fine with a self signed > certificate. I now have a actual signed certificate and the ssl chain > is such that my certificate -> CA1 -> Root CA. > > I cleared the previous cert db directory and re initilaized it. I > then created a cert.chain file in the format mentioned below. > > -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- > <public key of my certificate > > -----END CERTIFICATE----- > -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- > < my private key > > -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- > -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- > <public key of CA1 > > -----END CERTIFICATE----- > -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- > <public key of Root CA > > -----END CERTIFICATE----- > > squid.conf: > https_port 3129 intercept generate-host-certificates=on > dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=4MB cert=/etc/squid/ssl_cert/cert.chain > ssl-bump > > But when i start squid , i get the following error. > > /usr/sbin/squid start > sh: (null): not found > FATAL: No valid signing SSL certificate configured for https_port > 0.0.0.0:3129 > Squid Cache (Version 3.3.1): Terminated abnormally. > CPU Usage: 0.050 seconds = 0.050 user + 0.000 sys > Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB > Page faults with physical i/o: 0 > > > I also tried with just my cert and private key without the chain > information and I get the same error there also. Am I missing > something here? > > Regards, > Prasanna >