Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.02 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 378

Obtaining and Installing Server Certificates
Enter the Requestor Information in the blank text fields, then click Next.
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Enter the following information:
Server Name. Enter the fully qualified hostname of the Directory Server as it is
used in DNS lookups, for example,
Organization. Enter the legal name of your company or institution. Most CAs
require you to verify this information with legal documents such as a copy of a
business license.
Organizational Unit. (Optional). Enter a descriptive name for your
organization within your company.
Locality. (Optional). Enter your company's city name.
State or Province. Enter the full name of your company's state or province (no
abbreviations).
Country. Select the two-character abbreviation for your country's name (ISO
format). The country code for the United States is US. The Netscape Schema
Reference Guide contains a complete list of ISO Country Codes.
Enter the password that will be used to protect the private key, and click Next.
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The Next field is greyed out until you supply a password. When you click
Next, the Request Submission dialog box is displayed.
Select Copy to Clipboard or Save to File to save the certificate request
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information that you must send to the Certificate Authority.
Click Done to dismiss the Certificate Request Wizard.
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Once you have generated the request, you are ready to send it to the CA.
Step 2: Send the Certificate Request
Follow these steps to send the certificate information to the CA:
Use your email program to create a new email message.
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Copy the certificate request information from the clipboard or the saved file
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into the body of the message.
The content will look similar to the following example:
378 Netscape Directory Server Administrator's Guide • May 2002
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dir.example.com