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Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

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Last Updated: September 17, 2007 3:20 PM

In order to purchase an SSL certificate, you must first generate and submit a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to the Certification Authority (CA). Your Web server software generates the CSR and creates your public/private key pair that you will use to encrypt and decrypt secure transactions.

If you are applying for an SSL certificate for a domain that is hosted with us, we generate and submit the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for you.

For specific Certificate Signing Request (CSR) generation instructions for all supported Web server software, click the link below:

CSR-Generation Instructions