Generally considered some of the best documentation of all OS's I'd direct you to the OpenBSD FAQ 

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#HTTPS 

Replace file locations as necessary or skip steps as needed such as the self signing step. Whether for apache or not the cert should be usable. The "commonname" field is the place you fill in your domain name the cert is specifically for like secure.example.com or whatever. I've used this method for cacert certificates without issue before

------Original Message------
From: Raymond Norton
Sender: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org
To: TCLUG List
Subject: Re: [tclug-list] cacert.org question
Sent: Oct 22, 2009 2:52 PM

Yes.. I have entered everything from a FQDN to a single host name, name
of the vpn, tried it with parenthesis, and without, etc....

Eric F Crist wrote:
> On Oct 22, 2009, at 14:36:17, Raymond Norton wrote:
> 
>> Anyone have experience using cacert.org? I am trying to submit a .pem
>> file to generate a certificate, but it always bounces back the following
>> message. I have generated 6-8 pem files now trying to figure out how to
>> get past the error.
>>
>> <error>
>> CommonName field was blank. This is usually caused by entering your own
>> name when openssl prompt's you for 'YOUR NAME', or if you try to issue
>> certificates for domains you haven't already verified, as such this
>> process can't continue.
>> </error>
>>
>>
>> Just for a test, I submitted a blank page and it gave me the same error.
>>
>> (My domain shows it is verified)
> 
> Silly question, but are you populating the CommonName field?
> 
> ---
> Eric Crist
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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