When the term Certificate comes into the work it is always a worry/ situation of panic. No worries if you want to generate CSR for the purchase or ssl or for other use Its very easy to generate a certificate request(CSR). let take a scenario of iis7 and microsoft windows server 2008. Navigate start>>All Programs>>Administrative tools>> Internet Information services. select the server name on the left pane under the connections. after selecting server name, select Server Certificates from the middle pane by double clicking. Next select Create certificate Request from the action pane on the right side of window. Fill in the information in step by step wizard for CSR generation , Enter Common name: website domain name(www.domainname.com), donot enter http or https Organization name: name of company Organizational unit: can be domain name or anything(in case of sub domain it is name of sub-domain) Click next will take you to chose cryptography optio...