The req
section contains the following variables:
default_bits = 1024 default_keyfile = privkey.pem distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name attributes = req_attributes
The default_bits
variable is the default RSA key size that
you want to use. Other possible values are 512, 2048, and 4096.
The default_keyfile
variable is the default name for the
private key file created by req
.
The distinguished_name
variable specifies the section in
the configuration file that defines the default values for components of the
distinguished name field. The req_attributes
variable
specifies the section in the configuration file that defines defaults for
certificate request attributes.