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CSR

Certificate Signing Request

In plain language

A request file you create to ask a certificate issuer for a security certificate for your website or server.

The metaphor

Like the application form you fill in at the passport office before they issue the document.

Going deeper

How it works

  • Generated on the server.
  • Contains the name and public key.
  • The private key stays on the server.
  • The issuer signs and returns the certificate.

How WILDCARD handles it

Managed Hosting covers certificates for hosted sites.

In practice
  • A tech generates a request for a new website.
  • A certificate renewal needs a fresh request.
  • The signed certificate is installed on the server.

A question owners ask

What do I send my provider?

Usually nothing. They create it. Never email a private key.

Where WILDCARD handles this
Managed
Hosting
  • Hosting, managed
  • Updates and backups handled
  • Uptime watched
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Related terms
CACertificate AuthorityCMSContent Management SystemEncryptionHTMLHypertext Markup LanguageHTTPHypertext Transfer ProtocolHTTPSHypertext Transfer Protocol SecureSANSubject Alternative NameSSLSecure Sockets Layer

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