-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Steven Harms via RT wrote: | Currently when generating a CSR, the prompt says: | | Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []: | | -- This is confusing to many users. It has been suggested that this | could read 'Common Name (eg, YOUR servers DNS name) []:' or something | along those lines.
That really depends on what kind of CSR the user wants to generate. And because of that it is configurable. Please have a look into the openssl.cnf file. There you'll find the section req_distinguished_name, where the to be requested fields and their descriptions are defined. Thanks Goetz - -- DMCA: The greed of the few outweighs the freedom of the many -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJa8b+2iGqZUF3qPYRAjm5AJ45tB1SlEsIDc52o2v37LSKLd1OHQCfQS4y CKLY8DllMrVeAEJDUmDxbO0= =Murn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
