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A CSR comprises a public key, as well as ["distinguished name" information](https://knowledge.digicert.com/general-information/what-is-a-distinguished-name) that identifies the individual or organization requesting the certificate. The distinguished name includes a common name, organization, city, state, country, and e-mail address. Not all of these fields are required and will vary depending with the assurance level of the desired certificate.
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For the C2PA [Verify tool](https://verify.contentauthenticity.org/) to display your organization name in the Content Credentials, your CSR must include the "O" or Organization Name attribute in the distinguished name information. See [below](#organization-name) for details.
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You sign the CSR with your private key; this proves to the CA that you have control of the private key that corresponds to the public key included in the CSR. Once the requested information in a CSR passes a vetting process and domain control is established, the CA may sign the public key to indicate that it can be publicly trusted.
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### Types of certificates
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### Organization name
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If you want the C2PA [Verify tool](https://verify.contentauthenticity.org/) to display your organization name in the Content Credentials, your certificate must include the "O" or [Organization Name attribute OID value: 2.5.4.10](https://www.alvestrand.no/objectid/2.5.4.10.html) in the Distinguished Name information. The CA may require some validation steps to prove you are part of that organization (details vary by CA).
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If you want the C2PA [Verify tool](https://verify.contentauthenticity.org/) to display your organization name in the Content Credentials, your certificate must include the "O" or [Organization Name attribute](https://www.alvestrand.no/objectid/2.5.4.10.html) (OID value 2.5.4.10) in the distinguished name information. The CA may require some validation steps to prove you are part of that organization (details vary by CA).
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## The C2PA Python example
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