# certificate signing request

> message from an applicant to a certificate authority to apply for a digital identity certificate; lists the public key the certificate should be issued for, identifying information (e.g. domain name) and integrity protection (e.g. digital signature)

**Wikidata**: [Q627554](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q627554)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_signing_request)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/certificate-signing-request


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Appendix A: MIME Types — OpenSSL PKI Tutorial](https://pki-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mime.html)
3. RFC 5967: The application/pkcs10 Media Type