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A not so obvious prompt is Common Name (eg, YOUR Name). This value should not be your name. Instead it should be the domain name of your website. In our example, it could be earth.com or www.earth.com.
We prefer using the want to use both www in our domain name. Also we prefer using www, so we will use enter, www.earth.com.
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CA's such as StartSSL can have SSL support for both www and no www. This is possible because the CA issues certificates where the Certificate Subject Alt Name extension is populated by both DNS Names, www.earth.com and earth.com. To make it work, make sure to use www in the Common Name. |
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You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request. What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN. There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank For some fields there will be a default value, If you enter '.', the field will be left blank. ----- Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:CA State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Ontario Locality Name (eg, city) []:Toronto Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:The Planet Earth Incorporated Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Earth Defence Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:www.earth.com Email Address []:admin@earth.com Please enter the following 'extra' attributes to be sent with your certificate request A challenge password []: An optional company name []: |
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