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Creating your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for an SSL Certificate from ssl247.co.uk

C2Net STRONGHOLD Web Server

Follow these instructions to generate a CSR for your Web site. When you have completed this process, you will have a CSR ready to submit to ssl247.co.uk in order to be generated into a SSL Security Certificate.

  1. Enter the Stronghold Configuration Manager.

  2. Select New Key Generation to create a new key file.

  3. 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 (128/256 bit, 40 bit)

  4. When creating a CSR you must follow these conventions.
    Enter the Distinguished Name Field information.
    The following characters can not be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ?. &

    Distinguished Name Fields Explanation Example
    Country Name
    		The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country. Please click here for the complete list of ISO country codes.
    		 US = United States
    GB = United Kingdom
    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.
    		My Company, 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.mydomain.com, then your CSR's Server Hostname must be secure.mydomain.com
    Server Administration email address (if applicable)
    		Your email address
    		abc@mydomain.com

  5. The key pair will be generated and saved in the file: strongholdserverroot/private/hostname.key.

    example: /usr/local/stronghold/private/www.something.com.key

  6. Edit this file to extract the CSR data.

    You are now ready to submit your CSR for the certificate you wish to install:

  7. Be sure to include the text beginning with "-----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----" up to and including the text "-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----".

    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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