title: making CSR certificates in Windows (7)
body: <p>Closely related to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6468741/windows-7-how-to-generate-csr-when-iis-is-not-installed">How to generate CSR when IIS is not installed</a>. </p>
  
  <p>I also do not have this installed. I am developing a mobile application for iOS, and i am trying to obtain a provisioning file so i can test my app locally. In the process of acquiring this, i am asked for a <code>.csr</code> file, and it instructs me on how to build this on my Mac. Except i don't have a mac, i have a PC, and my company exclusively uses PCs. I need this certificate, without having access to a Mac. </p>
  
  <p>i have seen and used <a href="http://www.gogetssl.com/eng/support/online_csr_generator/" rel="noreferrer">this</a> CSR generator, but it gives me the key and request in long strings of characters, and i need a <code>.csr</code> file to upload to Apple. </p>
  
  <p>Pasting it in notepad and changing the extension to .csr didn't work either :/</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have any insights on this?</p>