NAME

test-tls-connection — Tests TLS connection to a remote endpoint

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

test-tls-connection tests TLS connection to a remote endpoint. The certificate provided by the remote endpoint can be verified (by calling check-certificate) or only displayed (by using view-certificate). Optionally, it can also be saved as PEM file.

ARGUMENTS

The following options are available:

host:port

Specifies hostname or IP address, and TCP port number of the remote endpoint to connect to.

ca_certificate_file

Specifies the CA certificate to verify the certificate of the remote endpoint.

-s certificate_file | --save-certificate certificate_file

Specifies a file name to store the certificate of the remote endpoint (as PEM file).

-- openssl_args ...

Specifies optional OpenSSL arguments. All arguments after -- are passed to OpenSSL.

-n | --no-view-certificate

Do not run view-certificate on the received certificate of the remote endpoint.

-c | --no-check-certificate

Do not run check-certificate on the received certificate of the remote endpoint.

-h | --help

Prints command-line parameters.

EXAMPLES

test-tls-connection www.heise.de:443 /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/ISRG_Root_X1.crt

 

test-tls-connection www.nntb.no:443 /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/ISRG_Root_X1.crt --no-view-certificate

 

test-tls-connection www.nntb.no:443 /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/ISRG_Root_X1.crt --no-check-certificate

 

test-tls-connection www.nntb.no:443 /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/ISRG_Root_X1.crt -save-certificate www.nntb.no.crt

 

test-tls-connection www.heise.de:443 /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/ISRG_Root_X1.crt -n -c -s www.heise.de.crt

 

test-tls-connection www.ietf.org:443 /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/ISRG_Root_X1.crt -s www.ietf.org.crt

 

test-tls-connection www.dnb.no:443 /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/Buypass_Class_3_Root_CA.crt -s www.dnb.no

 

test-tls-connection --help

 

test-tls-connection -h