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diff --git a/docs/SSLCERTS b/docs/SSLCERTS index c4d940ae7..3109cdd06 100644 --- a/docs/SSLCERTS +++ b/docs/SSLCERTS @@ -50,6 +50,22 @@ server, do one of the following: (Thanks to Frankie V for this description) + If you use the 'openssl' tool, this is one way to get extract the CA cert + for a particular server: + + o openssl s_client -connect xxxxx.com:443 |tee logfile + o type "QUIT", followed by the "ENTER" key + o The certificate will have "BEGIN CERTIFICATE" and "END CERTIFICATE" + markers. + o If you want to see the data in the certificate, you can do: "openssl + x509 -inform PEM -in certfile -text -out certdata" where certfile is + the cert you extracted from logfile. Look in certdata. + o If you want to trust the certificate, you can append it to your + cert_bundle or use it stand-alone as described. Just remember that the + security is no better than the way you obtained the certificate. + + (Thanks to Doug Kaufman for this description) + 4. If you're using the curl command line tool, you can specify your own CA cert path by setting the environment variable CURL_CA_BUNDLE to the path of your choice. |