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I think I need help with the syntax used to generate a Certificate Request. I used the first command as follows:

1. openssl genrsa -des3 -out mywebserver.key 1024

The mywebserver.key file is not created, but a 1024 file is. So then I tried the following:

2. openssl req -new -key mywebserver.key -out mywebserver.csr

but the mywebserver.key file obviously does not exist, so it fails. I then tried the following, replacing the mywebserver.key with 1024 (since the 1024 file exists):

3. openssl req -new -key 1024 -out mywebserver.csr

The webserver.csr is then generated, but I am receiving an error from the certificate authority stating the request needs to be 1024 of higher to continue the process.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe

If anyone is interested, here is the syntax that is correct:

openssl genrsa -out mywebsite.key -des3 1024

openssl req -new -key mywebsite.key -out mywebsite.csr

Thanks for the information on openssl.

I'm dealing right now very hard with creating a key.

The first part of your description
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openssl genrsa -out mywebsite.key -des3 1024
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worked fine, and it has created a file with the name "mywbsite.key"

But when I put in the second command
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openssl req -new -key mywebsite.key -out mywebsite.csr
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I get teh following error message

Unable to load config info
Enter pass phrase for mywebsite.key:
unable to find 'distinguished_name' in config
problems making Certificate Request
1012:error:0E06D06A:configuration file routines:NCONF_get_string:no conf or envi
ronment variable:.\crypto\conf\conf_lib.c:325:

Please explain what I did wrong, or what is wrong in a very easy way (openssl for Dummies .... ), because my knowledge about ssl is about on the level of "I know that I need it, but this is about all".

Thanks in advance for a strong and simple help.
LuCa