A Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is required in case you wish to obtain an SSL certificate which will encode all the payment and login details that are exchanged between your website and its visitors. The CSR contains information about the site and its owner in Base64-encoded form - website address, physical address plus email, company name and unit, and the like. Based on this code, an authorized SSL vendor provides you with the certificate, that is digitally signed with the vendor's private key so as to identify that they are a trusted issuer. At the time of the CSR generation, a unique private key is also created and the installation of the SSL involves all four codes - both the keys, the certificate and the CSR. After that, you'll be able to use a URL that begins with https:// for your website instead of http:// and the website visitors can view the info that you have provided for the CSR using their Internet browsers.
SSL Certificate Generator in Shared Website Hosting
If you host a website in a shared website hosting account obtained through our company and its visitors submit private info, you can obtain an SSL certificate for it straight from your hosting Control Panel and with just a few clicks. We have an easy-to-use order wizard, which means that you just have to choose the domain/subdomain and enter the required info for the Certificate Signing Request. You will receive an e-mail to approve the order and shortly after the SSL is issued, it'll be set up automatically by our system, so you will not have to deal with any codes or settings. If you wish to use the services of another Certificate Authority, you can only acquire a CSR from your Control Panel then copy the code that you are required to submit for the SSL. You'll find the private key generated together with the CSR in the same section.