How do I view SSL certificate in Linux?
It's amazing that OpenSSL is still around, and yet is an open source project.
The open source project has a long history starting from 1992, even though commercial companies have used OpenSSL since its inception. Many Linux distros are currently using it as well, including Fedora, OpenSUSE, and CentOS. It's a highly powerful implementation of the SSL/TLS protocol with a lot of flexibility. In this article, we'll cover how to view and use the SSL/TLS server certificate in various Linux distributions.
Read the following two tables for some handy commands to use OpenSSL with different Linux distributions. Windows. Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Debian 8. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS CentOS 7. Debian 9. Amazon Linux. Arch Linux. How to view the security details for HTTPS web sites in Linux. How do I view the security details for HTTPS web sites in Windows? Open a command prompt. Run the following command to open a web browser in Internet Explorer. 1
Shell iexplore. Enter web browser and visit bing.com How do I view the security details for HTTPS web sites in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7? Run the following command to open a web browser in Firefox or Google Chrome. Open a terminal window.
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