Enabling SSL (part II)

Enabling SSL communication security on IIS 5.x web server (part II)

• Enter the Organisation and Organisation Unit; these are your registered company name and department respectively. Click Next.
• The Common Name field should be the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or the web address for which you plan to use your Digi-SSL™ Certificate, e.g. the area of your site you wish customers to connect to using SSL. For example, a Digi-SSL™ Certificate issued for digi-sign.com will not be valid for secure.digi-sign.com. If the web address to be used for SSL is secure.digi-sign.com, ensure that the common name submitted in the CSR is secure.digi-sign.com.









• Click Next.









• Enter your country, state and city. Click Next.









• Enter a filename and location to save your CSR. You will need this CSR to enrol for your Digi-SSL™ Certificate. Click Next.









• Check the details you have entered. If you have made a mistake, click Back and amend the details. Be especially sure to check the domain name the Digi-SSL™ Certificate is to be "Issued To". Your Certificate will only work on this domain. Click Next when you are happy the details are absolutely correct.

When you make your application, make sure you include the CSR in its entirety into the appropriate section of the Digi-SSL™ web application form – including:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----to-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

• Click Next.
• Confirm your details in the Digi-SSL™ web application form.
• Finish

You may also backup your private key, which will allow you to restore your certificate in case of any system or registry damage.

To save your private key:

• Click Start and Run and type MMC (standing for Microsoft Management Console).
• Go to Certificates snap-in in the MMC.
• Select Requests.
• Select All tasks.
• Select Export.

We recommend that you make a note of your password and backup your key as these are known only to you. A floppy diskette or other removable media (CD-ROM, CD-RW) is recommended for your backup files.