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authorDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2011-12-06 00:01:09 +0000
committerDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2011-12-06 00:01:09 +0000
commit24f441e0bb5b6187b648f7afacde0c0ed2a515e6 (patch)
tree69c6d1a86eb8748d94a5d82c190ef1da13a39cac /apps
parent740da44f2094d40b7b6580a6cb61d072d873550c (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]
Diffstat (limited to 'apps')
-rw-r--r--apps/openssl.cnf2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apps/openssl.cnf b/apps/openssl.cnf
index 9e59020c17..8fdacae9db 100644
--- a/apps/openssl.cnf
+++ b/apps/openssl.cnf
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ 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