602Chapter 11 Managing certificates

2Enter the certificate information in the applicable fields. Table 125 describes the CA Request fields.

Table 125 CA Request fields

Field

Description

 

 

Country

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/Province

The name of the state or province where the head office of

 

the organization is located. Enter the full name of the state

 

or province.

 

 

Locality

The name of the city where the head office of the

 

organization is located.

 

 

Organization

The registered name of the organization. The 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:

 

< > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ?

 

 

Organization Unit

The name of the department or group that uses the secure

 

web server.

 

 

Common Name

The name of the web server as it appears in the URL. The

 

name must be the same as the domain name of 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.

 

 

Alternate Name

Provide the specified information if you did not provide a

 

Common Name or e-mail address. Enter a

 

comma-separated list of URI:<uri>, DNS:<fqdn>,

 

IP:<ip-address>, email:<email-address>).

 

 

Key Length

The length of the generated key, in bits. Available options

 

are:

 

512

 

1024

 

2048

 

4096

 

The default value is 1024.

 

 

Password

The password to be used during manual revocation of the

 

certificate.

 

 

 

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