Most common mistakes while generating Certificate Signing Request(CSR)
1) Enter correct common name or FQDN
If the domain name is www.google.com, then common name should be one of the below
www.google.com
or
google.com
What is wrong common name?
i) Just mentioning the domain without tld is not acceptable. For example – google
ii) Misspell the domain name
iii) Adding . (dot) at the end of the domain name. For example – google.com.
2) Company Name
Enter the company name for which you are purchasing SSL certificate.
3) Enter the correct 2 letter country code.
For example - Country code for United Kingdom is GB.
4) Include 5 dashes
When copy and paste CSR in SSL generation order form, you must copy 5 dashes at the start & 5 dashes at the end of the CSR file.
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
Encoded data
-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST------
5) Key Size
Key length should be minimum 2048 bit.