I don't think it matters that much. Some areas of London fall into other
counties (eg Middlesex), so you can put that. I'm based in Peterborough,
which is now a "unitary" authority so it is no longer in Cambridgeshire. Our
next SSL certificate will reflect this change.
ISO 3166-1 defines GB as our country code (I have a copy by my desk as it's
extremely useful for tracking where visitors to our sites come from). IMHO
ICANN made a stupid mistake in allowing the use of the non-standard UK. But
I digress...
Actually towns and areas do change County from time to time. It is probably
a better idea to use your postcode instead for state, as these never change.
For example, Belvoir Castle recently "moved" from Nottinghamshire to
Leicestershire (where it had been all the time), but retains a Nottingham
postcode.
Whatever you choose, you normally can't change it once you submit your CSR,
not unless you like to pay your CA twice.
-
John Airey
Internet Systems Support Officer, ITCSD, Royal National Institute for the
Blind,
Bakewell Road, Peterborough PE2 6XU,
Tel.: +44 (0) 1733 375299 Fax: +44 (0) 1733 370848 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: matt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 10 July 2001 18:01
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Creating a UK CSR
>
>
> Hey All,
>
> Just a quickie on UK certs. Can I just leave state blank, and use
> London for locality, or should I use London for both?
>
> Also GB is the correct ISO country code right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
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