Hi,

Thank you very much for your answer, so is no way to edit the filed of a csr
not? But please could your explainme more detailed how can I bind the 
public key or just do your recomendation?

I really appreciate your help.



Patrick Patterson-3 wrote:
> 
> On September 11, 2010 10:58:44 am kummers wrote:
>> Please, help me:
>> 
>> 
>> How can I edit a CSR, i neew to chane the filds, for axample. edit the
>> common name, I've been looking but have not found anything in the forum
>> 
> You cannot edit a CSR - it is a signed structure - why don't you just re-
> generate it with the correct values?
> 
> Also - there is absolutely NOTHING that says that you have to keep the 
> information in a CSR when you generate the X.509 certificate - so if you
> need 
> to change the Subject DN so that when you generate the Certificate get a 
> different value, just tell OpenSSL (or whatever CA software you are using)
> to 
> do that.
> 
> (of course, the caveat with the above is that you need a good way to bind
> the 
> public key in the PKCS#10 or SPKAC structure with the subscriber named in
> the 
> Subject of the X.509, but you weren't just trusting a self asserted value
> in a 
> CSR to prove that, were you? :)
> 
> Have fun!
> 
> -- 
> Patrick Patterson
> President and Chief PKI Architect,
> Carillon Information Security Inc.
> http://www.carillon.ca
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