The CSR contains the digital signature of the public key that is requesting the certificate. So you absolutely need the private key to create a CSR. How would you create a CSR with just a public key?
The
certification request information consists of the entity's
distinguished name, the entity's public key, and a set of attributes
providing other information about the entity.
>The CSR contains the digital signature of the public key that is requesting the certificate. So you absolutely need the private key to create a CSR. How would you create a CSR with just a public key?
Do you really not know what you're talking about or are you trolling at this point?