Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.0 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 363

• Server Name. Enter the fully qualified hostname of the Directory Server as it is used in DNS and
reverse DNS lookups; for example, dir.example.com. The server name is critical for client-
side validation to work, which prevents man-in-the-middle attacks.
• Organization. Enter the legal name of the company or institution. Most CAs require this
information to be verified with legal documents such as a copy of a business license.
• Organizational Unit. Optional. Enter a descriptive name for the organization within the company.
• Locality. Optional. Enter the company's city name.
• State or Province. Enter the full name of the company's state or province (no abbreviations).
• Country. Select the two-character abbreviation for the country's name (ISO format). The country
code for the United States is US.
5. Enter the password that will be used to protect the private key, and click Next.
Step 1: Generate a Certificate Request
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