You must generate a certificate request before you can send
the request to a Certificate Authority.
Generate an SSL certificate request.
Copy the encrypted
request onto your local system clipboard.
Open another Internet
browser, and go to the Web site of the Certificate Authority you want
to use, for example, VeriSign.
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.
The Certificate Authority
will send you an SSL certificate, usually through email.
After you receive
the certificate from the Certificate Authority, go to step 3, uploading
the certificate onto your domain.