Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
C2Net STRONGHOLD Web Server
Follow these instructions to generate a CSR for your Web site. When you
have completed this process, click the "close" button below to close this
window and continue to the next step.
- Enter the Stronghold Configuration Manager.
- Select New Key Generation to create a new key file.
- Enter key size (either 512 or 1024 bits) and follow instructions
for generating the random data. 1024 bits is the recommended key size.
**** Note: The encryption key size (512 bit, 1024 bit) has nothing to
do with the actual session key (128 bit, 40 bit)
- When creating a CSR you must follow these conventions.
Enter the Distinguished Name Fieldinformation.
The following characters can not be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ %
^ * / \ ( ) ?. &
| Distinguished Name Fields |
Explanation |
Example |
| Country Name
|
The two-letter ISO abbreviation
for your country. |
US = United States
|
| State or Province Name
|
The state or province where your organization is located.
Can not be abbreviated.
|
Georgia
|
| City or Locality
|
The city where your organization is located.
|
Atlanta
|
| Company (Organization) Name |
The exact legal name of your organization.
Do not abbreviate your organization name. |
GeoTrust Inc. |
| Organizational Unit
|
Optional for additional organizational information.
|
Marketing
|
| Common Name (Server Host Name) |
The fully qualified domain name
for your web server. You will get a certificate name check warning
if this is not an exact match. |
If you intend to secure the URL
https://secure.geotrust.com, then your CSR's Server Hostname
must be secure.geotrust.com |
| Server Administration email address (if applicable)
|
Your email address
|
abc@goetrust.com
|
- The key pair will be generated and saved in the file: strongholdserverroot/private/hostname.key.
example: /usr/local/stronghold/private/www.something.com.key
- Edit this file to extract the CSR data to send to GeoTrust. This is
the text beginning with "-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----"
up to and including the text "-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----".
- Submit your CSR to GeoTrust by clicking on <Continue>, you will
be asked to complete the agreement and the enrollment form as well.
Note: See also C2Net's documentation on key generation and installation
instructions for both STRONGHOLD 2.3 and STRONGHOLD 2.4.x
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