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| SSL Settings (continued) | Description |
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| Common Name | Enter the same name that the user will enter when requesting your web |
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| site. |
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| Example: If a user enters http://www.widgets.abccompany.com to |
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| access your web 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 new |
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| certificate. |
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| Example: An expiration date of May 9, 2010 is entered as 05/09/2010. |
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| Key length | Select the bit size of the new |
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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 key. Approximate |
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| 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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| numbers, invented by Rivest Shamir and Adleman. Used for encryption |
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| and signing. |
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| DSA = Digital Signature Algorithm also based on large prime numbers, |
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| but can only be used for signing. Developed by the US government to |
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| avoid the patents on RSA. |
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