(PowerShell) Get Issuer Certificate Information

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A certificate contains information about its issuer. This example demonstrates how to get the issuer information from a certificate.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert

$success = $cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/sample.cer")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Get issuer information:

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# (Not all subject fields may exist depending on the issuer certificate.)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------

# Issuer DN (Distinguished Name, i.e. all the Issuer subject parts)
$("DN: " + $cert.IssuerDN)

# Common Subject parts:
# Issuer Common Name
$("CN: " + $cert.IssuerCN)

# Issuer Country
$("C: " + $cert.IssuerC)

# Issuer Email address
$("E: " + $cert.IssuerE)

# Issuer Locality
$("L: " + $cert.IssuerL)

# Issuer Organization
$("O: " + $cert.IssuerO)

# Issuer Organizational Unit
$("OU: " + $cert.IssuerOU)

# Issuer State
$("S: " + $cert.IssuerS)