Chris, On 9/11/06, snacktime <snacktime / gmail.com> wrote: > X509 is the structure used for certificates that contains the > identifying information about the certificate along with the public > key. There is no such thing as a public key in X509 format. > Sometimes people refer to certificates as public key certificates, > because the certificate always has a public key component. I guess I used the wrong terminology I meant the key in X509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo, or to be more precise the one that has -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- at the top. -- Paul Haddad (paul.haddad / gmail.com paul / pth.com)