How to Obtain your own SSL Certificate (Digital ID)

Order a GeoTrust SSL Certificate:
If you wish to generate a CSR for another SSL provider, please click here.

If you would like to obtain your own certificate with another provider, please follow these steps:

1. Send us an email along with required information

Explanations of required information are listed below.

2. Complete additional information and submit your "CSR"

After you send us your information, we will gather information about our server and generate your SSL certificate CSR key. You may then 'copy and paste' the CSR and place an order with Verisign, Geotrust, Thawte, or any Certification Authority.

3. Receive your server 'key' and send it to us

You should have received your server 'key' via e-mail shortly after you submitted your "CSR" (step2). Send that "key" to support@webii.net and we will place it on our server. Your certificate is then activated and you may use SSL with your own certificate.

Explanation of the form fields you will need to complete:

Common Name: The server's fully qualified domain name (It must be registered to the organization specified in that field), in the format: www.company.com (www2.company.net, company.com, www.name.edu, and so on). Note: you cannot use the symbols "*" or "?" as part of your common name. The "common name" will be the name of your certificate.

Organization/Company: The legal name under which your organization is registered. Do NOT abbreviate.

Organizational Unit (Optional): This is used to differentiate between organizational divisions. Also for Doing Business As... names. Do NOT abbreviate.

City/Locality: The city in which your organization is legally located. Do NOT abbreviate.

State/Province: The complete name of the state or province where your organization is located.

Country: The two-character ISO-format country code. For example, GB for Great Britain and US for the United States.

E-mail Address: Your E-mail address where you receive your mail. Your "CSR" will be sent to this address.

Technical Contact: The person who should receive the certificate and who will provide notice if the Digital ID is compromised. (For example, this may be your organization's webmaster or the appropriate technical support representative at your Internet service provider.) Renewal notices are sent to both the technical and organizational contacts.

Organizational Contact: The person within your organization who will take responsibility for the certificate and provide organizational information. (For example, this may be your organization's CEO or the appropriate support person. The organizational contact must be a member of your organization, not a representative of your Internet Service Provider.) Renewal notices are sent to both the technical and organizational contacts.

Definitions

Digital ID
A collection of electronic data consisting of a Public Key, identifying information about the owner of the Public Key, and validity information, which has been Digitally Signed by a CA. Certified shall refer to the condition of having been issued a valid Digital ID by a CA, which Digital ID has not been revoked.

Digital ID Revocation List ("CRL")
A collection of electronic data containing information concerning revoked Digital IDs.

Certification Authority ("CA")
VeriSign or an entity which is Certified by VeriSign to issue Digital IDs to Users in a VeriSign Digital ID Hierarchy. VeriSign is Customer's CA hereunder.

Digital Signature
Information encrypted with a Private Key which is appended to electronic data to identify the owner of the Private Key and verify the integrity of the electronic data. Digitally Signed shall refer to electronic data to which a Digital Signature has been appended.

Private Key
A mathematical key which is kept private to the owner and which is used to create Digital Signatures or to decrypt electronic data.

Public Key
A mathematical key which is available publicly and which is used to verify Digital Signatures created with the matched Private Key and to encrypt electronic data which can only be decrypted using the matched Private Key.