616Chapter 11 Managing certificates Table 131 Subject fields

Field

Description

 

 

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.

 

 

Email Address

Specifies the user’s e-mail address.

 

 

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