On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 08:56 -0800, Ken - Precision Web Hosting, Inc wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "webmaster" <[email protected]> > To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 8:34 PM > Subject: [BlueOnyx:06323] 2048 bit CSR? > > > > > > > > Has there been a solution to 2048 bit csr issue? > > > > My GUI is still doing only 1024 > > > > > > Help got to renew some certs for clients! > > > > > > > > > >From the command line, for the siteadmin ssl, the method I use is > > cd /etc/admserv > openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout key -nodes -out request > Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key > ..........................................+++ > ..............+++ > writing new private key to 'key' > ----- > 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) [GB]:US > State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]:California > Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]:Valley Center > Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]:Precision Web Hosting, Inc. > Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:WebDev > Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []:www.yourdomain.com > Email Address []:[email protected] > Please enter the following 'extra' attributes > to be sent with your certificate request > A challenge password []: > An optional company name []: > ? > ? > cat request > > > > The "request" is the CSR. After you get the certificate then I copy in the > cerfiticate, key, and request to the certs directory. Then from the GUI, > import the certificate 2, certificate 1, then root cert in that order.
Do Not use a challenge password / just hit 'Enter' Gerald _______________________________________________ Blueonyx mailing list [email protected] http://www.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
