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authorDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2011-12-06 00:00:30 +0000
committerDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2011-12-06 00:00:30 +0000
commitdf0cdf4ceb9560a88c1d694ae9cd203b654af09b (patch)
tree2d0033d5084d6d4ecec623eebb1635a59abbf2f7
parent19b0d0e75b1ac7ea177d38aba4ba331ba9c93653 (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