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< p >< ? = _ ( " Firstly you will need to run the following command, preferably in secured directory no one else can access, however protecting your private keys is beyond the scope of this document. " ) ?> </p>
< p > # openssl req -nodes -new -keyout private.key -out server.csr</p>
< p >< ? = _ ( " Then the system will try to generate some very random numbers to get a secure key. " ) ?> </p>
< p >< ? = _ ( " Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key " ) ?> <br>
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< ? = _ ( " writing new private key to 'private.key' " ) ?> </p>
< p >< ? = _ ( " You will then be asked to enter information about your company into the certificate. Below is a valid example: " ) ?> </p>
< p >< ? = _ ( " Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]: " ) ?> AU<br>
< ? = _ ( " State or Province Name (full name) [NSW]: " ) ?> NSW<br>
< ? = _ ( " Locality Name (eg, city) [Sydney]: " ) ?> Sydney<br>
< ? = _ ( " Organization Name (eg, company) [XYZ Corp]: " ) ?> CAcert Inc.<br>
< ? = _ ( " Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) [Server Administration]:. " ) ?> <br>
< ? = _ ( " Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []: " ) ?> www.cacert.org<br>
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< ? = _ ( " Email Address " ) ?> []:no-returns@cacert.org</p>
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< p >< ? = _ ( " Finally you will be asked information about 'extra' attribute, you simply hit enter to both these questions. " ) ?> </p>
< p >< ? = _ ( " Next step is that you submit the contents of server.csr to the CAcert website, it should look *EXACTLY* like the following example otherwise the server may reject your request because it appears to be invalid. " ) ?> </p>
< p >----- BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST -----< br >
MIIBezCB5QIBADA8MRcwFQYDVQQDEw53d3cuY2FjZXJ0Lm9yZzEhMB8GCSqGSIb3 < br >
DQEJARYSc3VwcG9ydEBjYWNlcnQub3JnMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCB < br >
iQKBgQDQd1 + ut4TJLWZf5A9r3D17Kob + CNwz / jfCOYrH0P6q1uw4jfSyrWUeSaVc < br >
59 Xjpov8gRctlAuWM9KavkLSF6vcNdDEbvUYnL /+ ixdmVE9tlXuSFEGz0GAF5faf < br >
QZe30wk + 2 hnC6P + rwclypOhkTXtWgvSHPZg9Cos8xqDyv589QwIDAQABoAAwDQYJ < br >
KoZIhvcNAQEEBQADgYEAJruzBZr4inqaeidn1m2q47lXZUWjgsrp3k3bFJ / HCb3S < br >
2 SgVqHFrOisItrr7H0Dw2EcPhIrRokRdjIAwwlxG9v21eFaksZUiaP5Yrmf89Njk < br >
HV + MZXxbC71NIKrnZsDhHibZslICh / XjdPP7zfKMlHuaaz1oVAmu9BlsS6ZXkVA =< br >
----- END CERTIFICATE REQUEST ----- </ p >
< p >< ? = _ ( " Once you've submitted it the system will process your request and send an email back to you containing your server certificate. " ) ?> </p>
