Obtaining an ssl certificate – Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) User Manual
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Type y when asked to confirm the selected algorithm, then press Return.
You have selected algorithm RSA with SHA1.
OK (y/anything)?
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Enter a phrase or some random text when prompted to enter a challenge string, then press
Return.
...creating CSR...
Enter challenge string:
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Enter the correct information at the next five prompts, which request the various
components of the certificate’s Relative Distinguished Name (RDN), pressing return after
each entry.
For Common Name, enter the server's DNS name, such as
server.example.com.
For Country, enter the country in which your organization is located.
For Organization, enter the organization to which your domain name is
registered.
For Organizational Unit, enter something similar to a department
name.
For State/Province, enter the full name of your state or province.
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Type y when asked to confirm the information you entered, then press Return.
Is this OK (y/anything)?
When you see a message about writing to csr.txt, you have successfully generated a CSR and
created the keychain that mail service needs for SSL connections.
Wrote (n) bytes of CSR to csr.txt
Obtaining an SSL Certificate
After generating a CSR and a keychain, you continue configuring mail service for automatic
SSL connections by purchasing an SSL certificate from a certificate authority such as Verisign
or Thawte. You can do this by completing a form on the certificate authority’s Web site.
When prompted for your CSR, open the csr.txt file using a text editor such as TextEdit. Then
copy and paste the contents of the file into the appropriate field on the certificate authority’s
Web site. The Web sites for these certificate authorities are at
www.verisign.com
www.thawte.com
When you receive your certificate, save it in a text file named sslcert.txt. You can save this file
with the TextEdit application. Make sure the file is plain text, not rich text, and contains only
the certificate text.
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