| WebSTAR
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| Generate a Certificate Signing
Request — CSR |
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.
- Launch your Key Generator. This can be found in your SSL Tools folder.
- Enter a key-pair password.
Warning: If you lose the password, you must purchase another certificate.
- Click on Create Key.
- Name the file and save it to the root folder.
- Enter your Certificate Signing Request information into the Certificate Request application or CSR Utility. The CSR utility can be found in the Tools and Examples folder, SSL Tools folder.
- Type your Distinguished Name Field information. When creating a CSR you must follow these conventions.
The following characters cannot be accepted: < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ? . , &
Distinguished
Name Field |
Explanation |
Example |
| Common Name |
The fully
qualified domain name for your web server. This must be an
exact match. |
If you intend
to secure the URL https://www.supralink.com/,
then your CSR's common name
must be www.supralink.com. |
| Organization |
The exact
legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate your
organization name. |
SupraLink |
| Organization
Unit |
Section of
the organization. |
Marketing |
| City or
Locality |
The
city where your organization is legally located. |
Montréal |
| State or
Province |
The state or
province where your organization is legally located.
Cannot be abbreviated. |
Quebec |
| Country |
The
two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country. |
CA |
- Click Choose and select your key pair. Enter your password.
- Select Create.
- Your file can be found under Certificate Request.
- Quit the CSR Utility.
- Cut and paste your CSR with a text editor, then Submit your
CSR to SupraLink - you will be asked to complete the agreement
and the enrollment form as well.
Additional instructions can be found on WebSTAR's web site at:
http://www.starnine.com/
Innovating Information Security
SupraLink, in partnership with GeoTrust, the leading provider of next
generation information security services, delivers secure e-commerce
transactions, identity verification and authentication solutions to
the global web community. SupraLink ensures a new level of
e-business security — your first step toward leveraging the full
business potential of the Internet.
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