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Roxen
Roxen Challenger Key
and CSR Generation
Note:
Roxen
Challenger web server use the free SSLeay library for secure web browsing
- You
have to install SSLeay, version 0.6.4 or later, and make sure
that the ssleay program is in your PATH. It is usually
installed in /usr/local/ssl/bin
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is recommended that you first find some large relatively random files.
If you are lucky, your system has a random device, and you can create
such a file (named randomness) with dd if=/dev/random of=randomness
bs=500 count=1.
- Then
type ssleay genrsa -rand randomness 1024 >my_key.rsa. This
generates your private key
Note:
We
do not protect it with a password
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next step is to create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). Type ssleay
req -new -key my_key.rsa >my_csr.csr and fill in the information.
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Contact ipsCA
For more Information:
Email:
Phone:
+34 91 6402052 |
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Distinguished
Name Field
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Explanation
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Example
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Common
Name (Server Host Name)
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The
fully qualified domain name for your web server. You will get a
certificate name check warning if this is not an exact match.
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If
you intend to secure the URL https://secure.yourURL.com, then your
CSR's Server Hostname must be secure.yourURL.com
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Organization
Name
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The
exact legal name of your organization. Do not abbreviate
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IPS
S.L.
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Organizational
Unit
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Optional
for additional organization information
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Marketing
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City
or Locality
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The
city where your organization is located.
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Atlanta
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State
or Province Name
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The
state or province where your organization is located. Can not be
abbreviated.
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Georgia
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Country
Name
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The
two-letter ISO abbreviation for your country
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US
= United States
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- Send
my_csr.csr to the certificate authority of your choice, for example
IPSCA, and keep your secret key
my_key.rsa some place safe and secret.
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