topic Cannot Select Private Keytype error Pix 501. in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-select-private-keytype-error-pix-501/m-p/126230#M616319 <P>Whenever I boot up my pix 501, I get the message "Cannot select private keytype". I can't seem to find any information on this anywhere on the web and would really apprecaite it if anyone could give me any insight,.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P></P><P>Jamie Haggett, CCNP</P><P>Network Analyst</P><P>LOGICORP</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 06:50:12 GMT jhaggett 2020-02-21T06:50:12Z Cannot Select Private Keytype error Pix 501. https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-select-private-keytype-error-pix-501/m-p/126230#M616319 <P>Whenever I boot up my pix 501, I get the message "Cannot select private keytype". I can't seem to find any information on this anywhere on the web and would really apprecaite it if anyone could give me any insight,.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P></P><P>Jamie Haggett, CCNP</P><P>Network Analyst</P><P>LOGICORP</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 06:50:12 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-select-private-keytype-error-pix-501/m-p/126230#M616319 jhaggett 2020-02-21T06:50:12Z Re: Cannot Select Private Keytype error Pix 501. https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-select-private-keytype-error-pix-501/m-p/126231#M616358 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This message usually means you have an old public/private key pair stored in the PIX, possibly you created it at one point and then changed the PIX's IP address or something similar. Anyway it's not anything to worry about in general. To renew the key and get rid of the message you can do the following:</P><P></P><P>config t</P><P>ca zeroize rsa</P><P>ca generate rsa key 512</P><P>ca save all</P><P> </P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 06 Jul 2003 22:24:34 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-select-private-keytype-error-pix-501/m-p/126231#M616358 gfullage 2003-07-06T22:24:34Z