Re: Don't Test SSL Certificates With Your Browser
"Don Teague" <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:52:42 -0600 (CST)
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A very timely email... Thank you, all, for the information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ali Abbas" <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 5:07 Subject:Re: [load balancing] Don't Test SSL Certificates With Your Browser Hi Tony, openssl s_client -connect domain.com:443 is another alternative too :) Regards, Ali -- Ali Abbas Blog: http://alouche.net On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Tony Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > From the here's-a-good-tip department: > > When installing an SSL certificate, it's best *not* to use a browser to > validate that the certificate has been installed correctly. Some browsers > are more forgiving than others, and yours might not throw an error that > others would. > > Instead, use one of the SSL vendor's validation tools, such as this one by > digicert: http://www.digicert.com/help > > Verisign and most of the others have their own validation tools that you > can find in their support sections. > > Digicert: http://www.digicert.com/help > Verisign: > https://knowledge.verisign.com/support/ssl-certificates-support/index?page=content&id=AR1130 > Thawte: > https://search.thawte.com/support/ssl-digital-certificates/index?page=content&id=SO9555&actp=LIST > > These will tell you if the certificate and any necessary intermediate certs > have been installed correctly. > > Tony > _______________________________________________ > lb-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://vegan.net/mailman/listinfo/lb-l > Searchable Archive: http://vegan.net/lb/archive > http://lbdigest.com Load Balancing Digest > http://lbwiki.com Load Balancing Wiki > _______________________________________________ lb-l mailing list [email protected] http://vegan.net/mailman/listinfo/lb-l Searchable Archive: http://vegan.net/lb/archive http://lbdigest.com Load Balancing Digest http://lbwiki.com Load Balancing Wiki ----- End of original message ----- _______________________________________________ lb-l mailing list [email protected] http://vegan.net/mailman/listinfo/lb-l Searchable Archive: http://vegan.net/lb/archive http://lbdigest.com Load Balancing Digest http://lbwiki.com Load Balancing Wiki