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| 9 Security Settings | |
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| SSL Page | Description |
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| Organization | Enter the organizational unit to be associated with the | |
| Unit | new | |
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| Example: If your company is setting up a web server for | |
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| the Sales department, enter Sales for your organizational | |
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| unit. | |
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| Common Name | Enter the same name that the user will enter when | |
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| requesting your web site. | |
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| Example: If a user enters | |
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| http://www.widgets.abccompany.com to access your web | |
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| site, the Common Name would be | |
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| www.widgets.abccompany.com. | |
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| Expires | Enter the expiration date, in mm/dd/yyyy format, for the | |
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| Example: An expiration date of May 9, 2010 is entered | |
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| as 05/09/2010. | |
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| Key length | Select the bit size of the new | |
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| Choices are: | |
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| 512 bits | |
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| 768 bits | |
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| 1024 bits | |
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| The larger the bit size, the longer it takes to generate the | |
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| key. Approximate times are: | |
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| 10 seconds for a | |
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| 30 seconds for a | |
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| 1 minute for a | |
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| 30 seconds for a | |
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| 2 minutes for a | |
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| 6 minute for a | |
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| Type | Select the type of key: | |
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| RSA = | |
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| large prime numbers, invented by Rivest Shamir and | |
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| Adleman. Used for encryption and signing. | |
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| DSA = Digital Signature Algorithm also based on large | |
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| prime numbers, but can only be used for signing. | |
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| Developed by the US government to avoid the patents on | |
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| RSA. | |
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