How do I generate a CSR?

[new2this]

I want to generate a csr so that I can get an ssl certificate to secure my website I use card service international for my merchant account should'nt my site already be secure bascially I have no idea on how to go about doing this I dont even know my platform sorry but I'm so lost but I always find the answer I need here.

[The Contractor]

You will normally generate the CSR from your hosting accounts control panel. You can use the server header checker which is in the control panel of this site (WebmasterWorld)or use [webmasterworld.com...] . It normally should tell you what type of SSL your server is running (example:Apache/1.3.31 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.18 OpenSSL/0.9.6b )

You can find out more at the following:

h ttp://www.geotrust.com/quickssl/csr/index.htm
h ttp://www.geotrust.com/quickssl/install/index.htm
(links are broken on purpose - remove the space within http for the links above)

If you go with a GeoTrust certificate you can purchase them at ev1servers.net for $49 (note: I have no affiliation with ev1servers - I just purchase my SSL certificates there)

[new2this]

Thanks Sweet Information I opened my (IIs) 6.0 from my administrative tools in the control panel so that I could start to create a new Certificate Signing Request but when I tried to connect my computer it said this computer is not running information service version 4 or higher anyone have a clue why this happened

[The Contractor]

Nope, I know nothing about Windows servers except unless you really need a windows server... use Linux/Unix flavor instead :)