openssl s client

openssl s_client -connect

openssl s_client -connect www.example.com:443 -servername example.com

openssl s_client -showcerts 

• openssl s_client -showcerts -connect YOUR_DOMAIN.COM:443

• echo -n | openssl s_client -connect HOST:PORTNUMBER | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' > /tmp/$SERVERNAME.cert

depth=0 C = XX, ST = YY, L = XXXXX, O = ORGA, OU = RND, CN = YOUR_DOMAIN.COM
verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate
verify return:1
depth=0 C = XX, ST = YY, L = XXXXX, O = ORGA, OU = RND, CN = YOUR_DOMAIN.COM
verify error:num=21:unable to verify the first certificate
verify return:1
DONE

openssl s_client -servername <NAME> -connect <HOST:PORT> 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -dates

openssl s client -connect

Activities

• How to check certification expiration date from command line

Related terms

• wget

See also

• openssl, openssl s_client
• openssl [ rand | s_client | passwd | openssl req | openssl rsa | openssl genrsa | openssl x509 | openssl ca | openssl verify | openssl ec | openssl dgst | openssl pkcs12 | openssl asn1parse | openssl help | .cer to .pem, openssl version
• OpenSSL: RSA, ECDSA, WolfSSL, AES, Diffie-Hellman (DH) key-exchange, /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf, OpenSSL v3

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