diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index c8891f6e55d36fd50ba20fa0cc55c84c98c657ab..5207b49f928ff4b7879ffec271d1e02cb68d179e 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ alias ssh-ca='$HOME/Documents/Shore/ssh-ca/ssh-ca'
 alias concat="perl -pe 's/\n/\\\n/g'"
 alias deconcat="perl -pe 's/\\\n/\n/g'"
 alias ggo='sudo GOPATH=/usr/share/go go'
+
+gen-csr () {
+    openssl req -new -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -out $1.csr -keyout $1.key
+}