On 1 Jul 2002, Sean M Alderman wrote:

>   I'm hoping someone on the list might have some experience with
> multiple IP based virtual hosts and generating CSRs for ssl certs for
> each host.  Something has me thinking that if I run the commans from the
> mod_ssl faq, I'll get several CSRs for the same host (either local or
> the main hostname).  That shouldn't be, certs are hostname specific
> right?  Anyway, if anyone would be so kind as to pass me a clue.

The commands in the FAQ should be okay.  When you run openssl and ask it
to generate a CSR, it will prompt you for various things, one of which is
"Common Name (CN)" -- enter the hostname with which the certificate should
be associated there, and that's all you should have to do.

--Cliff

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