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Digital Web Certificates
Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) using IIS 4.x
A CSR is a file containing your certificate application information,
including your Public Key. Generate your CSR and then copy and paste
the CSR file into the webform in the enrollment process:
Generate keys and certificate:
- Open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) for IIS (available
in the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack > Microsoft Internet Information
Server > Internet Service Manager.
- In the MMC, Expand the Internet Information Server folder
and expand the computer name
- Open the properties window for the website the CSR is for.
You can do this by right clicking on the website
- Open Directory Security Folder
- In the Secure Communications area of this Property Sheet,
select the Key Manager button and select "Create New Key..."
- Choose "Put the request in a file that you will send to an
authority." Select an appropriate filename (or accept the default).
- Fill in the appropriate details:
- Fill in all the fields, do not use the following characters:
! @ # $ % ^ * ( ) ~ ? > < & / \
note: If your server is 40 bit enabled, you will generate a 512
bit key
If your server is 128 bit you can generate up to 1024 bit keys
- Click Next until you finish
- Click Finish
- Key Manager will display a key icon under the WWW icon. The
key will have an orange slash through it indicating it is not
complete. Choose the "Computers" menu and select Exit. Select
YES when asked to commit changes
- When you make your application, make sure you include this
file (this is your CSR) in its entirety into the appropriate section
of the enrollment form - including
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----to-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
- Click Next
- Confirm your details in the enrollment form
- Finish
We recommend that you make a note of your password and backup
your key as these are known only to you, so if you loose them we
can't help! A floppy diskette or other removable media is recommended
for your backup files. |
