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SSLCertScanner is the FREE network based SSL certificate scanner
software. It can remotely scan SSL certificate on any host either on
the intranet or internet. It can also scan single host or multiple
hosts at a time. Once the SSL certificate is discovered,
SSLCertScanner automatically validates it by checking for expiry
date.
It supports both HTTPS (port 443) as
well as LDAPS (port 636) for scanning SSL certificate. During the
scan, important certificate details are displayed for each host
along with status of validation.
SSLCertScanner is the
standalone portable tool and works on wide range of platforms
starting from Windows XP to latest operating system Windows 7.
Features of SSLCertScanner
Here are the key features of SSLCertScanner which makes it special
and unique.
Remotely scan for SSL certificate on any host in the intranet or
internet.
Scan for single host as well as multiple hosts on
the network at a time.
Support for scanning SSL certificate
associated with LDAPS and HTTPS service.
Displays detailed
status for each host during scanning operation.
Automatically
validates each discovered certificate for expiry date.
For each SSL certificate discovered during the scan,
following details are displayed
Host Address
Certificate Subject Name
Certificate Issue Date
Certificate Expirty Date
Certificate Validation Status
Provides option to stop the scan at any point during
scanning operation.
It is standalone portable tool. Hence
does not require any installation and can be run directly.
Using SSLCertScanner
SSLCertScanner is a standalone tool and can be
run directly from any system.
Here are brief usage instructions,
Run SSLCertScanner.exe on your system. By default 'network scan'
is selected. You can switch to single or network scan using the
radio button.
Next enter the IP address of the host whose SSL
certificate to be scanned. For 'network scan' enter the range of IP
address as shown in the screenshot 2 below.
Then select the SSL
service which is either HTTPS (port 443) or LDAPS (port 636). For
scanning web server's SSL certificate choose HTTPS.
Make
sure you have entered all details properly and then click on 'Start
Scan' to begin the scan.
On starting scan, SSLCertScanner scans the host for the
SSL certificate and validates it. For 'network scan' each host is
scanned serially and status is displayed for each host.
Screenshots of SSLCertScanner
Here are the screenshots which gives glance of
SSLCertScanner in action.
Screenshot 1: SSLCertScanner scanning single host and showing the
'expired' status of the SSL certificate.
Screenshot 2: SSLCertScanner scanning and validating the SSL
certificates on Google network.