Requesting a certificate from a Certificate Authority

You must generate a certificate request before you can send the request to a Certificate Authority.

To request a certificate from the Certificate Authority:

1. Generate an SSL certificate request.

2. Copy the encrypted request onto your local system clipboard. 

3. Open another Internet browser, and go to the Web site of the Certificate Authority you want to use, for example, VeriSign. 

4. In the appropriate window of the Certificate Authority's Web site, paste the encrypted certificate request and follow the Certificate Authority's instructions for submitting it.

5. The Certificate Authority will send you an SSL certificate, usually through email.

6. After you receive the certificate from the Certificate Authority, go to step 3, uploading the certificate onto your domain.