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ssl and certs

Certificates expire at the worst possible moment, and openssl commands are hard to remember. These two help with both.

checkcert.net

Web service

Monitors your SSL/TLS certificates and emails you before they expire. It checks them on a regular schedule over plain TLS, SMTP STARTTLS, IMAP STARTTLS and more, and shows issuers, validity dates and certificate chains in one dashboard.

openssl howto

Howto

The openssl commands I keep looking up: creating keys and CSRs, self-signed certificates, inspecting certificates, fingerprints, PKCS#12 conversion and testing servers with s_client. It also has a CSR checker that decodes a pasted CSR in your browser.