Creating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and Key

Follow the step-by-step instructions to generate a certificate signing request (CSR) and key:

1. Launch your Key Generator. This can be found in your SSL Tools folder.
2. Enter a key-pair password.
   Warning: If you lose the password, you must purchase another certificate.
3. Click on Create Key.
4. Name the file and save it to the root folder.
5. Enter your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) information into the Certificate Request application or CSR Utility. The CSR utility can be found in the Tools and Examples folder, SSL Tools folder.
6. When creating a CSR you must follow these conventions.
   Enter the Distinguished Name Field information.
   Note: The following characters can not be accepted:
   < > ~ ! @ # $ % ^ * / \ ( ) ?
   

   Distinguished Name Field	Explanation	Example
   Common Name	The fully qualified domain name for your web server. This must be an exact match.	If you intend to secure the URL https://www.identrust.com/, then your CSR's common name must be www.identrust.com
   Organization Name	The exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate your organization name.	IdenTrust Inc.
   Organization Unit	Section of the organization	Marketing
   City or Locality	The city where your organization is legally located.	Salt Lake City
   State or Province Name	The state or province where your organization is legally located. Can not be abbreviated.	Utah
   Country Name	The two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country	US = United States

7. Click Choose and select your key pair. Enter your password.
8. Select Create.
9. Your file can be found under Certificate Request.
10. Quit the CSR Utility.
11. Send the entire certificate request to IdenTrust, including ----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST---- and ----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST----

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