The following table describes the fields on the SSL Certificate Administration (Certificate Signing Request) screen. Clicking another link in the pull-down menu or left navigation tree causes current edits that have not been applied to be lost.

FieldPossible values

Description

 

 

 

Required Information

 

 

 

 

 

Country (C)

Must be a two character country

The two character country code that identifies

 

code. Only alphabetic characters

the country where the VC domain is located

 

are allowed.

 

State or Province (ST)

1 to 30 characters in length

The state or province where the VC domain is

 

 

located

City or Locality (L)

1 to 50 characters in length

The city or locality where the VC domain is

 

 

located

Organization Name (O)

1 to 60 characters in length

The organization that owns this VC domain.

 

 

When this information is used to generate a

 

 

certificate signing request, the issuing

 

 

certificate authority can verify that the

 

 

organization requesting the certificate is

 

 

legally entitled to claim ownership of the

 

 

given company name or organization.

 

 

 

Common Name (CN)

1 to 60 characters in length. To

The VC domain name that appears in the

 

prevent security alerts, the value

browser web address field. This certificate

 

of this field must match the host

attribute is generally referred to as the

 

name as it is known by the web

common name.

 

browser. The web browser

 

 

compares the host name in the

 

 

resolved web address to the

 

 

name that appears in the

 

 

certificate. For example, if the

 

 

web address in the address field

 

 

is https://oa-001635.xyz.com,

 

 

then the value must be

 

 

oa-001635.xyz.com.

 

Optional Information

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Person

0 to 60 characters in length

The person responsible for the VC domain

Email Address

0 to 60 characters in length

The email address of the contact person

 

 

responsible for the VC domain

 

 

 

Organizational Unit

0 to 60 characters in length

The unit within the company or organization

 

 

that owns the VC domain

 

 

 

Surname

0 to 60 characters in length

The surname of the person responsible for the

 

 

VC domain

Given Name

0 to 60 characters in length

The given name of the person responsible for

 

 

the VC domain

Initials

0 to 20 characters in length

The initials of the person responsible for the

 

 

VC domain

 

 

 

DN Qualifier

0 to 60 characters in length.

The distinguished name qualifier of the VC

 

Acceptable characters are all

domain

 

alphanumeric, the space, and the

 

 

following punctuation marks: ' ( )

 

 

+ , - . / : = ?

 

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