: Requesting a Digital Certificate

Requesting a Digital Certificate

In order to obtain a signed Digital Certificate, we must create a Certificate Signing Request, or CSR for your site. In order to generate this, we need the following information to be emailed to support@speedsoft.com.  This information is required as part of the CSR, and must be entered exactly as you want them to appear in your certificate.

• Signing Agency - GeoTrust, Verisign, Thawte.
• PEM Passphrase - This is a security phrase which, like a password, ensures that only you can use your digital certificate. Be sure to use a phrase which you can easily remember but which is not easily guessed. You will need to enter the passphrase in the future to install your signed certificate.
• Company Location - You will need to know the country, province or state, and city where you want the certificate to display as your company location.
• Company Contact Information - This includes the complete company or organization name, and the organizational unit or department (if applicable).
• Your Domain Name - You will need to determine the exact domain name that you want to use to access your Web site securely.
• Contact E-mail Address - The contact E-mail address that you want to have the Signing Authority use when corresponding with you.
• Extra Information - This is additional information that is not required, but may be useful. It includes a challenge password, which some Signing Authorities use to allow you access to your certificate and which they may require when interacting with them. You can also enter additional company information.