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SSL Certificate Checker

Check if a website has valid SSL/TLS certificate. Verify HTTPS connection and get tools for detailed certificate analysis

Enter a domain and this tool checks whether it responds over HTTPS, then hands you the exact OpenSSL command to inspect its certificate yourself. Important: a web page running in your browser cannot read another site's TLS certificate, browser security (the same-origin and no-cors rules) deliberately blocks that. So this tool does the part it actually can: it confirms HTTPS reachability and generates the command to pull the full certificate from your terminal.

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Related reading

  • Understanding SSL/TLS Certificates: How HTTPS Keeps the Web Secure14 min read

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SSL Certificate Checker: a worked example

You want to confirm example.com is serving over HTTPS and then inspect its real certificate chain and expiry.

Hostname checked

example.com
SSL Certificate Checker produces

What the tool returns

HTTPS: reachable, responds on port 443 ✓

To read the certificate itself, run:
openssl s_client -connect example.com:443 -servername example.com \
  | openssl x509 -noout -text

Browser JavaScript cannot read a remote certificate's internals cross-origin (the same-origin policy blocks it), so the tool does the part a browser can do, confirm the host answers over HTTPS, and then hands you the exact `openssl` command to dump the real chain, expiry, and signature locally. It is an honest reachability check plus the precise next step, not a fabricated certificate readout.

Confirm HTTPS, then inspect the cert with OpenSSL

Enter a domain and this tool checks whether it responds over HTTPS, then hands you the exact OpenSSL command to inspect its certificate yourself. Important: a web page running in your browser cannot read another site's TLS certificate, browser security (the same-origin and no-cors rules) deliberately blocks that. So this tool does the part it actually can: it confirms HTTPS reachability and generates the command to pull the full certificate from your terminal.

Key features

  • HTTPS reachability check (no-cors HEAD request)
  • Connection response-time readout
  • Copy-ready OpenSSL command to fetch the full certificate
  • Honest browser-limitation notice (browsers can't read remote certs)
  • Link to the Certificate Decoder for inspecting PEM output
  • Checklist of what to verify (expiry, SANs, chain, key size)

How to use

  1. 1Enter a domain name (e.g., example.com).
  2. 2Run the check, the tool confirms whether the host answers over HTTPS and reports the response time.
  3. 3Copy the generated OpenSSL command and run it in your terminal to see full certificate details.
  4. 4Or click the lock icon in your address bar, or paste the PEM into the Certificate Decoder, to inspect the cert.

How it works

When you submit a domain, the tool issues a fetch to https://<domain> with method HEAD and mode 'no-cors'. If that request resolves, the host answered over HTTPS, and the tool reports that the connection succeeded along with the round-trip response time. Because the request is opaque (no-cors), the browser does not expose the certificate, the response status, the chain, the protocol version, or the cipher, so none of those are shown; the tool is honest about this with an on-screen browser-limitation notice. To get the real certificate details (expiry, issuer, SANs, key size, full chain), it generates a ready-to-copy command: openssl s_client -connect <domain>:443 -servername <domain> 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -text. Run that in a terminal, or paste a PEM certificate into the Certificate Decoder tool, to see the actual fields.

Practical scenarios

  • Quick HTTPS up/down check

    Confirm a domain is answering over HTTPS and see roughly how fast it responds.

  • Get the right OpenSSL command

    Grab a correctly formed openssl s_client command for the domain instead of remembering the flags.

  • Certificate inspection workflow

    Run the generated command, then paste the PEM into the Certificate Decoder to read expiry, issuer, and SANs.

Frequently asked questions

Does this tool read the live certificate in my browser?

No. Browser security prevents a web page from reading another site's TLS certificate. The HTTPS request here is opaque (no-cors), so the tool can confirm reachability but cannot see the certificate, chain, or protocol version.

How do I actually see the certificate details?

Run the OpenSSL command the tool generates (openssl s_client ... | openssl x509 -noout -text) in your terminal, click the lock icon in your browser's address bar, or paste the PEM into the Certificate Decoder tool.

Why does the check sometimes fail for a site that works?

A no-cors HEAD request can be rejected for reasons unrelated to the certificate (CORS policy, blocked HEAD, redirects). A failed check means the request did not resolve, not necessarily that the certificate is invalid.

Related tools and how they differ

  • Certificate Decoder: Paste the PEM from this tool's OpenSSL command to see subject, issuer, validity, SANs, and fingerprints; use it for the actual field-by-field read.
  • PEM/DER Converter: Convert a downloaded DER certificate to PEM before decoding it; use it when a cert file is binary rather than text.
  • CSR Generator: Generate a signing request to obtain a new CA-issued certificate; use it when a site fails the HTTPS check and needs a real cert.
  • Self-Signed Certificate Generator: Create a quick dev cert with SANs and validity for local servers; use it for testing, knowing browsers will warn on it.

Further reading

  • Understanding SSL/TLS Certificates: How HTTPS Keeps the Web Secure14 min read

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This runs as client-side JavaScript. Keys, tokens, payloads, and other inputs never leave your device.