Parsing the CN out of a certificate DN [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can avoid using a 'crappy' expression. If you already have the DN, you can split the String and then find the CN. For example:

String dn = "CN=Jimmy Blooptoop,OU=Someplace,OU=Employees,DC=Bloopsoft-Inc";
String[] split = dn.split(","); 
for (String x : split) {
    if (x.contains("CN=")) {
        System.out.println(x.trim());
    }
}