Secure Computing

SSL Certificate Request

To generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and submit it to the IT Services Security Team:

1. Follow the instructions for your platform or application environment:
   • OpenSSL (Apache)
   • Microsoft IIS 7.x
   • Java-based web servers (Tomcat) using keytool

   For a complete list of platforms, see the Comodo Knowledge Base: CSR Generation page.

   Note: Ensure your CSR is created with a 2048-bit or larger public key.

2. When prompted, provide the following information:
   • Country: US
   • State: Arkansas
   • Locality Name: Fayetteville (or city where system is located)
   • Organization Name: University of Arkansas
   • Organizational Unit Name: Name of unit requesting certificate
   • Common Name: Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of host 
   • Email Address: leave blank
   • Challenge Password: leave blank
   • An Optional Company Name: leave blank
     
     Note: Your CSR will be generated on your local file system (usually in the Downloads folder).
      
3. Request a certificate, and open up the CSR with a text editor such as notepad to copy and paste it into the ticket.