Creating a Network of Trust Using X.509 Certifi cates - Implementing SSL/TLS Using Cryptography and PKI - page 245

writing new private key to 'key.der'
Enter PEM pass phrase:
Verifying - Enter PEM pass phrase:
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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.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:TX
Locality Name (eg, city) []:Southlake
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Travelocity
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Architecture
Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:Joshua Davies
Email Address []:[e-mail]
Figure 5.7: Downloading/exporting a certificate in Firefox
Notice that it created two output fi les: a key fi le, containing the encrypted
private key, and a cert fi le, containing the certifi cate. It doesn't make much sense