Verify cert against CA chain

Validate trust chain; note: -CAfile must hold intermediates+root in order

openssl verify -CAfile ca-chain.pem cert.pem
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openssl27 commands
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More openssl commands

  • Match cert and private key
    diff <(openssl x509 -in cert.pem -noout -modulus | md5sum) <(openssl rsa -in key.pem -noout -modulus | md5sum)

    Equal modulus hashes prove key matches cert; empty diff = match

  • CSR + key in one shot
    openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout key.pem -out req.csr -subj "/CN=<host>" -addext "subjectAltName=DNS:<host>"

    Generate key+CSR with SAN inline; -addext avoids editing openssl.cnf

  • Self-signed cert with SAN
    openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365 -subj "/CN=<host>" -addext "subjectAltName=DNS:<host>"

    One-liner self-signed cert valid 1y; SAN required or TLS clients reject it

  • PEM to PKCS12 bundle
    openssl pkcs12 -export -in cert.pem -inkey key.pem -certfile ca-chain.pem -out bundle.p12 -name <name>

    Bundle cert+key+chain into .p12 for Java keystores / Windows imports

  • STARTTLS protocol probe
    openssl s_client -connect <host>:5432 -starttls postgres -showcerts </dev/null 2>/dev/null

    Inspect TLS on STARTTLS services; swap postgres for smtp/imap/mysql/ldap

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