Question Generate a new CSR without specifying the email

[IT Ufficio Key-One]

Server operating system version

CentOS Linux 7.9.2009 (Core)

Plesk version and microupdate number

Plesk Obsidian 18.0.54

Hi, I have to generate a new CSR for a SSL certificate.

The SSL provider refuses the generated CSR because "In CSR we can see Email ID mentioned under Email parameter & which is not recommended. Please use “email=null” in case it's 'mandatory if CSR is generated by Tool' else kindly don't use Email Parameter."
Plesk does not allow to generate a new CSR without specifying the email, and "null" is not accepted.

How to generate a new CSR in that case?

Thanks

 

[Peter Debik]

An email address in a CSR is not mandatory, but common. There is no security issue with having it in the CSR. If your vendor wants a CSR without, you can generate this on the Linux command line quite easily, because the CSR itself is not needed for the final certificate. Please see openssl csr - Google Suche for many articles by different sources how to create the file.