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authorDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2011-12-06 00:00:51 +0000
committerDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2011-12-06 00:00:51 +0000
commit5713411893d32980b14cbcfe44e9f9c76bbc5872 (patch)
tree13981b7eab4f65198d3db903008d7d881cb0e1c9
parenta0cf79e841e4e1ee22f9a2c5f3b4f2e113db2c19 (diff)
The default CN prompt message can be confusing when often the CN needs to
be the server FQDN: change it. [Reported by PSW Group]
-rw-r--r--apps/openssl.cnf2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apps/openssl.cnf b/apps/openssl.cnf
index 9d2cd5bfa5..18760c6e67 100644
--- a/apps/openssl.cnf
+++ b/apps/openssl.cnf
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ localityName = Locality Name (eg, city)
organizationalUnitName = Organizational Unit Name (eg, section)
#organizationalUnitName_default =
-commonName = Common Name (eg, YOUR name)
+commonName = Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name)
commonName_max = 64
emailAddress = Email Address