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Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

A PKCS#10 certificate signing request (PEM) with the subject and SAN, self-signed by the RSA key to prove key possession — for testing CSR parsers and certificate-authority intake flows.

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-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
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6w==
-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

Specifications

Format
PKCS#10 (PEM)
Subject
CN=sample.example
Key
RSA 2048
Signature
sha256WithRSA
Sample Only
true

What is a .csr file?

A CSR (Certificate Signing Request, PKCS#10) is a PEM-encoded request a party sends to a certificate authority to be issued a certificate. It contains the subject distinguished name and public key, self-signed with the matching private key to prove possession, but has no validity dates or issuer.

How to use this file

Use an example .csr to test CSR parsers, certificate-authority intake flows, and PKCS#10 decoders, or to verify subject and public-key extraction. Sample request only.

Generated by generation/pki_security.py. Free for any use, no attribution required — license.