How to Generate an SSL CSR (Certificate Signing Request)
- November 24th, 2009
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In order to request a signed SSL/TLS certificate you have to send the Certification Authority a proper formed request often indicated just as “CSR” together with the other details.
If you are using Apache you can generate your passphrase-protected RSA 1024 bit key using openssl with:
openssl genrsa -des3 -out your.host.tld.key 1024
And then generate the CSR to send ‘em, again using openssl with:
openssl req -new -key your.host.tld.key -out your.host.tld.csr
You will be prompted for some information that must be included in the CSR itself, and in short it will be done.



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