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Submitting an Offline Request to a Public Certification Authority

Topic Last Modified: 2009-01-25

If you are not an administrator on the certification authority (CA) or if you use a public CA, after you have generated the certificate request, you need to access the public CA site to submit the request. Depending on the CA, the process varies, but you usually need to supply your organizational and contact information.

If you are prompted, choose the following options:

  • Microsoft as the server platform
  • IIS as the version
  • Web Server as the certificate usage type
  • PKCS7 as the response format

After the public CA has verified your information, you receive an e-mail message that contains the text that is required for the certificate.