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

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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&amp;id=AR1130
> Thawte:
> https://search.thawte.com/support/ssl-digital-certificates/index?page=content&amp;id=SO9555&amp;actp=LIST
>
> These will tell you if the certificate and any necessary intermediate certs
> have been installed correctly.
>
> Tony
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