ACES Non-Governmental Server Certificate CSR Generation

Generic CSR instructions

Linux/Unix OpenSSL Generic Guidance

References:

http://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/certificates.txt
http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/req.html

The Command:

$ openssl req -nodes -sha1 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout test.key -out test.req

The Outcome: Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key ……..+++ ……………………………………..+++ writing new private key to ‘test.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) [AU]: US State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]: . Locality Name (eg, city) []: . Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]: Some Company Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []: Some Department Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name) []: mywebsite.example.com Email Address []: .

Please enter the following ‘extra’ attributes to be sent with your certificate request A challenge password []: . An optional company name []: .

$ ls -l test* -rw-r–r– 1 jonesa user 1704 Sep 24 17:45 test.key -rw-r–r– 1 jonesa user 993 Sep 24 17:45 test.req

Windows CertReq Generic Guidance

References:

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc725793.aspx

The Command:

c:\>CertReq -New request.inf

The “request.inf” Contents:

[Version]
Signature= "$Windows NT$"

[NewRequest]
Subject = "C=US, O=Some Company, OU=Some Department, CN=#####"
KeySpec = 1
KeyLength = 2048
HashAlgorithm = SHA1
Exportable = TRUE
MachineKeySet = TRUE
SMIME = FALSE
PrivateKeyArchive = FALSE
UserProtected = FALSE
UseExistingKeySet = FALSE
ProviderName = "Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider"
ProviderType = 12
RequestType = PKCS10
KeyUsage = 0xf0

[EnhancedKeyUsageExtension]
OID=1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2

The Outcome:

1. Prompt to save file
2. Saved file as temp.req
3. File contents:
4. —-BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST—–

MIIDxjCCAq4CAQAwRDENMAsGA1UEAwwEdGVtcDEMMAoGA1UECwwDRkVDMRgwFgYD

...
h5aqFtHGWm5BMA==
-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

1. Click the button at the bottom of this page to continue to the request form.
2. Fill in the request form, read and agree to your subscriber obligations, and click “submit”.
3. Review your information, make any necessary corrections, then click “this is correct”.
4. Your ACES Business Identity Certificate Request form will appear on your screen. Scroll to the bottom until you see the finish line. If you don’t see a finish line, hit ‘refresh’ or ‘reload’ in your browser until it appears. Then print the form. Do not proceed further until you have printed the form.
5. Click the “submit encryption request” button. DO NOT click “continue”.
6. You’ll be taken to a form pre-populated with information from your Identity Certificate request. Look it over to ensure its accuracy, then click “submit”.
7. Review your information, make any necessary corrections, then click “this is correct”.
8. Your ACES Business Identity Encryption Request form will appear on your screen. Scroll to the bottom until you see the finish line. If you don’t see a finish line, hit ‘refresh’ or ‘reload’ in your browser until it appears. Then print the form. Do not proceed further until you have printed the form.
9. Follow the rest of the on-screen instructions to verify your enrollment keys and have your identity verification performed. CRITICAL NOTE: You must take both the Identity Certificate request and the Encryption Certificate request to a Trusted Agent for identity verification. ORC can’t issue your certificates unless we receive both forms. You should have eight pages total.