Requesting an SSL server certificate
When you request an SSL server certificate, you use Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) format, an industry-standard format that many CAs, including Domino®, understand. Before you request a certificate from a third-party CA, make sure the CA uses the PKCS format, not some other format, such as Privacy-Enhanced Mail (PEM). If you are unsure of the format required by a third-party CA, check with that CA.
About this task
A certificate request is essentially certificate data that has not been signed by a CA. The CA turns the request into a certificate by signing it.
If you are requesting a server certificate from a server-based certification authority, you can use the Notes® client to create the server key ring and the server certificate in the Certificate Requests database. You must be able to access the Domino server using the Notes client.
To request a server certificate using a Notes client
Procedure
From a Domino CA using a Web browser
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This procedure for generating a server certificate request is the same regardless of whether you are requesting a server certificate from a Domino server-based certification authority or a Domino 5 certificate authority.