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224 Part II . Running the Show There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank For some fields there will be a default value, If you enter . , the field will be left blank. —– Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:US State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]: Connecticut Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]: Mystic Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]:Acme Marina, Inc. Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:InfoTech Common Name (eg, your name or your server s hostname) []:www.acmemarina.com Email Address []: webmaster@acmemarina.com To complete the process, you are asked if you want to add any extra attributes to your certificate. Unless you have a reason to provide more information, simply press Enter at each of the prompts to leave them blank: Please enter the following extra attributes to be sent with your certificate request A challenge password []: An optional company name []: Getting the CSR Signed After your CSR is created, select a certificate authority (from the list in the Using Third-Party Certificate Signers section earlier in this chapter). Then send your CSR to the CA for validation. Instructions at each CA s Web site describe where to send your CSR for validation. You will have to go through some validation steps. Each signer has a different method of validating identity and certificate information. Some require that you fax articles of incorporation, while others require that a company officer be made available to talk to a validation operator. At some point in the process you are asked to copy and paste the contents of the CSR you created into the signer s Web form. # cd /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.csr # cat server.csr —–BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST—– MIIB6jCCAVMCAQAwgakxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRQwEgYDVQQIEwtDb25uZWN0aWN1 dDEPMA0GA1UEBxMGTXlzdGljMRowGAYDVQQKExFBY21lIE1hcmluYSwgSW5jLjER MA8GA1UECxMISW5mb1RlY2gxGzAZBgNVBAMTEnd3dy5hY21lbWFyaW5hLmNvbTEn MCUGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYYd2VibWFzdGVyQGFjbWVtYXJpbmEuY29tMIGfMA0GCSqG SIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDcYH4pjMxKMldyXRmcoz8uBVOvwlNZHyRWw8ZG u2eCbvgi6w4wXuHwaDuxbuDBmw//Y9DMI2MXg4wDq4xmPi35EsO1Ofw4ytZJn1yW aU6cJVQro46OnXyaqXZOPiRCxUSnGRU+0nsqKGjf7LPpXv29S3QvMIBTYWzCkNnc gWBwwwIDAQABoAAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQADgYEANv6eJOaJZGzopNR5h2YkR9Wg l8oBl3mgoPH60Sccw3pWsoW4qbOWq7on8dS/++QOCZWZI1gefgaSQMInKZ1II7Fs YIwYBgpoPTMC4bp0ZZtURCyQWrKIDXQBXw7BlU/3A25nvkRY7vgNL9Nq+7681EJ8 W9AJ3PX4vb2+ynttcBI= —–END CERTIFICATE REQUEST—– You can use your mouse to copy and paste the CSR into the signer s Web form.
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