... for extracting certs from a live HTTPS server to make a cacerts.pem
from them.
If you use the 'openssl' tool, this is one way to get extract the CA cert
for a particular server:
- - `openssl s_client -connect xxxxx.com:443 |tee logfile`
- - type "QUIT", followed by the "ENTER" key
+ - `openssl s_client -showcerts -servername server -connect server:443 > cacert.pem`
+ - type "quit", followed by the "ENTER" key
- The certificate will have "BEGIN CERTIFICATE" and "END CERTIFICATE"
markers.
- If you want to see the data in the certificate, you can do: "openssl