Nortel Networks 4050 manual Cfg/cert #/request, CSR information

580Chapter 11 Managing certificates

•to generate a CSR for a new certificate, <cert id> is an unused certificate number

•to generate a CSR to renew an existing certificate, <cert id> is the existing certificate number

2Prepare the CSR. Enter the following command:

/cfg/cert #/request

You are prompted to enter the certificate request information. Table 121 explains the required parameters. The combined length of the parameters cannot exceed 225 bytes.

Table 121 CSR information

Prompt	Description
Country Name (2 letter code):	The two-letter ISO code for the country where the web
	server is located. For current information about ISO
	country codes, see http://www.iana.org.
State or Province Name (full	The name of the state or province where the head
name):	office of the organization is located. Enter the full name
	of the state or province.
Locality Name (e.g., city):	The name of the city where the head office of the
	organization is located.
Organization Name (e.g.,	The registered name of the organization. The
company):	organization must own the domain name that appears
	in the common name of the web server. Do not
	abbreviate the organization name and do not use any
	of the following characters:
	< > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ?
Organizational Unit Name (e.g.,	The name of the department or group that uses the
section):	secure web server.
Common Name (e.g., your	The name of the web server as it appears in the URL.
name or your server's	The name must be the same as the domain name of
hostname):	the web server that is requesting a certificate. If the
	web server name does not match the common name in
	the certificate, some browsers will refuse a secure
	connection with your site. Do not enter the protocol
	specifier (http://) or any port numbers or pathnames in
	the common name. Wildcards (such as * or ?) and IP
	address are not allowed.
E-mail Address:	The user’s e-mail address.

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