Generating a certificate request

This is how I generated a certificate at a client, to call a production SOA web service:
   ~/tmp/certs/dlterm_prod> openssl genrsa -des3 -out dlterm_prod.key 1024
   Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
   ........++++++
   ...........++++++
   e is 65537 (0x10001)
   Enter pass phrase for dlterm_prod.key:
   Verifying - Enter pass phrase for dlterm_prod.key:

   ~/tmp/certs/dlterm_prod> openssl req -new -key dlterm_prod.key -out dlterm_prod.csr
   Enter pass phrase for dlterm_prod.key:
   You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
   into your certificate request.
   What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
   There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
   For some fields there will be a default value,
   If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
   -----
   Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US
   State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:MN
   Locality Name (eg, city) []:St Paul
   Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Cedar Solutions Inc
   Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Cedar Solutions Inc
   Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:webservices.cedar-solutions.com
   Email Address []:

   Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
   to be sent with your certificate request
   A challenge password []:
   An optional company name []: