Impossible since the request is signed by the private key of the
requester.
Karsten Spang schrieb:
>
> Is it possible to generate a certificate request with the openssl command line
> tool, using an RSA public key only? I tried various combinations of options, but
> I only managed to make it read a private key. Can the library do it, if I write
> a simple front-end?
>
> The reason I need this, is that the key pair is generated by a router, which
> keeps its private key private. All there is available is a hex dump of the
> public key. I reencoded it into base 64, and added begin and end lines, such
> that it looks like:
> -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
> ICAzMDVDMzAwRCAwNjA5MkE4NiA0ODg2RjcwRCAwMTAxMDEwNSAwMDAzNEIwMCAzMDQ4MDI0
> MSAwMEQ2NEZENSA2QzUwQjU0MCAKICA0OTU5MDc5NCA2OEY1REY4NiA2Q0REQjk1OCAyMURB
> RTk0QyA2OEJFNzI5NiBCQTI3NkVEQiAwRDVCQjRENyA2Mzg0NzgzRiAKICAyOTlGOTgyNiA5
> RDJBMUNDRSA3OTNBRUJBNSA2ODJGODFFOSBGNEQ5OTMzNyBDQzNGRTE4MiBFQjAyMDMwMSAw
> MDAxCg==
> -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
>
> Karsten
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