From: Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:01:09 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: The default CN prompt message can be confusing when often the CN needs to
X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_0_9_8s~13
X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=24f441e0bb5b6187b648f7afacde0c0ed2a515e6

The default CN prompt message can be confusing when often the CN needs to
 be the server FQDN: change it.
[Reported by PSW Group]
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diff --git a/apps/openssl.cnf b/apps/openssl.cnf
index 9e59020c17..8fdacae9db 100644
--- a/apps/openssl.cnf
+++ b/apps/openssl.cnf
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ localityName			= Locality Name (eg, city)
 organizationalUnitName		= Organizational Unit Name (eg, section)
 #organizationalUnitName_default	=
 
-commonName			= Common Name (eg, YOUR name)
+commonName			= Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name)
 commonName_max			= 64
 
 emailAddress			= Email Address