View the details of a certificate signing request with OpenSSL
Once a certificate signing request (CSR) is created, it is possible to view the detailed information used to create the request.
To view the details of the certificate signing request contained in the file server.csr, use:
openssl req -noout -text -in server.csr









none said on January 8, 2012
# # openssl req -noout -text -in example.com.csr
unable to load X509 request
3305:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line:pem_lib.c:650:Expecting: CERTIFICATE REQUEST
Damn.