Generating your Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
To order your SSL Certificate, you have to generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). The CSR generation is wholly dependent on the software you use on your webserver.
General Points to remember before creating your CSR:
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Do not use the following characters in any part of the enrollment process:
! @ # $ % ^ ( ) ~ ? > < & / \
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The Common Name field should be the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or the web address for which you plan to use your Certificate, e.g. the area of your site you wish customers to connect to using SSL. For example, an SSL Certificate issued for vswipecart.com will not be valid for secure.vswipecart.com . If the web address to be used for SSL is secure.vswipecart.com , ensure that the common name submitted in the CSR is secure.vswipecart.com .
Note: If your web server is hosted by a third-party or an Internet Service Provider (ISP), then they will be able to provide you with a CSR.
Compatible Server Software Types:
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