I ran accross a CSR file (Certificate Signing Request) and I need to extract some information from it.
There's a way to decode it using .NET Framework?
A:
There's no way to decode a CSR, by design. If you could, you could alter the properties and defeat the whoe purpose of SSL.
jwmiller5
2008-12-09 16:44:23
CAs typically disregard most of the information in the CSR when determining a name to bind to the key. The key is what matters; the other properties are just hints for the name.
erickson
2008-12-09 17:10:29
cool, learned something new today
jwmiller5
2008-12-18 04:35:04
+2
A:
It's not .NET, but for interactive use, try the OpenSSL utilities. Specifically:
openssl req -text -in request.csr
erickson
2008-12-09 17:14:08
A:
Try Liping Dai's website. His LCLib has ASN1 Parser which wrote in C#. It can decode CSR. Work for me.
sompops
2009-12-22 11:04:38