Generating a CSR for UW IMAP

openssl genrsa -out imapd.pem <key_size>

Step 2:  Create your CSR:

openssl req -new -key <new.key> -out <new.csr> 

Enter all the required information for the CSR file.

Step 3: Once the CSR fiel is generated, open it and copy and paste the entire content (including the dashed lines at the beginning and the end)  in the enrollment for at Networking4all and submit it with your certificate order.

Possible file locations for different Operating Systems <ssl-base-dir>:

• AIX, OpenSSL 0.9.6 (from OpenSSH support packages) /var/ssl/
• Centos 3 / 4, OpenSSL 0.9.7 /usr/share/ssl/
• Cygwin, OpenSSL 0.9.6 /usr/ssl/
• Debian Woody, OpenSSL 0.9.6 /etc/ssl/
• Debian Sarge, OpenSSL 0.9.7 /etc/ssl/
• Debian Etch, OpenSSL 0.9.8 /etc/ssl/
• FreeBSD, OpenSSL 0.9.x /usr/local/openssl/
• Gentoo, OpenSSL 0.9.6 /usr/lib/ssl/
• Gentoo, OpenSSL 0.9.7 /etc/ssl/
• Mac OS X 10.1.2, OpenSSL 0.9.6b /System/Library/OpenSSL/
• Mandrake 7.1 -> 8.2, OpenSSL 0.9.6 /usr/lib/ssl/
• NetBSD, OpenSSL 0.9.x /etc/openssl/
• Normal OpenSSL Tarball Build, OpenSSL 0.9.6 /usr/local/ssl/
• OpenBSD, OpenSSL 0.9.x /etc/ssl/
• Redhat 6.2 / 7.x / 8.0 / 9, OpenSSL 0.9.6 /usr/share/ssl/
• Redhat Enterprise 3 / 4, OpenSSL 0.9.7 /usr/share/ssl/
• Redhat Fedora Core 2 / 3, OpenSSL 0.9.7 /usr/share/ssl/
• Redhat Fedora Core 4, OpenSSL 0.9.7 /etc/pki/tls/
• Redhat Fedora Core 5 / 6, OpenSSL 0.9.8 /etc/pki/tls/
• Slackware, OpenSSL 0.9.6 /etc/ssl/
• SuSE 7.3 / 8.0, OpenSSL 0.9.6 /usr/share/ssl/
• SuSE 8.1 / 8.2, OpenSSL 0.9.6 /etc/ssl/

Standard installation OpenSSL 0.9.x <prefix>/ssl/