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I am trying to create new signed certificates on a Corporate Firewall 2008 Smoothwall machine and I am getting an error that says

Error - Unable to create certificate, possibly due to a duplicate Subject.

I think this is a flavor of OpenSwan. I can find nothing with this error text on Smoothwall's support site.

I do have shell access if you want to suggest any command line work.

SCREENSHOT: http://goo.gl/N8261

Underneath the create cert dialog on the screenshot are all my certificates that have been created in the past without any problem (not going to show those).

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Need more info. Setting up an SSL on any device requires a few steps, which you haven't really noted which step you're on when you get the error. Are you having an issue getting the CSR? Are you having an issue with creating the certificate through a 3rd party Certificate Authority? Are you having an issue importing it into your smoothwall? – Nixphoe May 28 '11 at 1:44
Sorry, here's some more. I'm trying to create a self-signed certificate (.p12) (for use with a VPN connection) through the Smoothwall web interface. It I'll attach a screenshot of the error. – milkmood May 28 '11 at 1:58
I'm checking the documentation. But I think you have to have an ID specified. I know for other devices, that is usually your subject, which in this case is "blank." – Nixphoe May 28 '11 at 2:25
I don't remember ever using the ID fields before. I'll try one with something in there and see if it works. – milkmood May 28 '11 at 2:56
Nope...same result. – milkmood May 28 '11 at 3:00
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