The CSR needs to contain the following attributes:

- Country Name (C): Use the two-letter code without punctuation for country, for example: US.
- State or Province (S): Spell out the state completely; do not abbreviate the state or province name, for example: California.
- Locality or City (L): The Locality field is the city or town name, for example: Berkeley.
- Organization (O): If your company or department has an &, @, or any other symbol using the shift key in its name, you must spell out the symbol or omit it to enroll, for example: XY & Z Corporation would be XYZ Corporation or XY and Z Corporation.
- Organizational Unit (OU): This field is the name of the department or organization unit making the request.
- Common Name (CN): The Common Name is the Host + Domain Name. It looks like "www.company.com" or "company.com".

Note: VeriSign certificates can only be used on Web servers using the Common Name specified during enrollment. For example, a certificate for the domain "domain.com" will receive a warning if accessing a site named "www.domain.com" or "secure.domain.com", because "www.domain.com" and "secure.domain.com" are different from "domain.com".

VeriSign recommends that you contact the SSL Offloader vendor for additional information. 

Generate a Private Key and CSR

Retail customers Note: The recommended key bit size is 2048-bit. All certificates that will expire after October, 2013 must have a 2048 bit key size.
MPKI for SSL customers Note: The recommended key bit size is 2048-bit. All certificates that will expire after December, 2013 must have a 2048 bit key size.

1. Create a directory called ‘C:\test’.
2. Launch OpenSSL.
3. Enter the following command to create a private key:
   
   genrsa -des3 -out c:\test\key.pem 2048
   
    
4. Enter in a passphrase to protect the key (at least six characters).
5. Enter the following command to create a certificate request:  
    
   req –new –key c:\test\key.pem –out c:\test\req.pem –config openssl_config.txt 
    
6. Fill in the required fields for the certificate you want to generate.  You have now created a key pair and a CSR.
7. Verify your CSR
8. To copy and paste the information into the enrollment form, open the CSR file in a text editor that does not add extra characters (Notepad or Vi are recommended).

Contact Information

During the verification process, VeriSign may need to contact your organization. Be sure to provide an email address, phone number, and fax number that will be checked and responded to quickly. These fields are not part of the certificate.