Viewing Server Certificate in Google Chrome

This section provides a tutorial example on how to view server certificate details when visiting an 'https' Website in Google Chrome.

When you visit an "https" Web server, it will send its certificate to your browser. Server's certificate is needed by the browser for 2 tasks listed below:

Normally, your browser will do these 2 tasks automatically without your interaction. You don't need to know where is the server certificate and what's in the certificate.

But since I am interested to learn more about "https" communication, I want to see the server certificate. Here is what did on Google Chrome to see details of the server certificate.

1. Run Google Chrome and go to https://login.yahoo.com and wait for the log in page to be displayed.

2. Click the lock icon at the left side of the URL address area. The page security dialog box shows up.

3. Click the "Certificate" link. The Certificate dialog box shows up. The General tab tells me this information:

This certificate is intended for the following purpose(s):
 - Ensure the identity of a remote computer
 - Proves your identify to a remote computer

Issued to: *.login.yahoo.com

Issued by: DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA

Valid from 8/12/2018 to 2/14/2019

Cool. Now I see a real server certificate for commercial uses. The picture below shows you steps to see the certificate:

Certificate General View - Google Chrome
Viewing Server Certificate on Google Chrome

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

 Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

Using HTTPS with Google Chrome

 Visiting "https" Website with Google Chrome

Viewing Server Certificate in Google Chrome

 Viewing Server Certificate Path in Google Chrome

 Exporting Server Certificate to File in Google Chrome

 Viewing Trusted Root CA Certificates in Google Chrome

 Listing of Trusted Root CA in Google Chrome

 Exporting Root Certificate to File from Google Chrome

 Deleting Root CA Certificates from Google Chrome

 Google Chrome Shares Windows PKI with IE

 Using HTTPS with Mozilla Firefox

 HTTPS with Microsoft Edge

 Using HTTPS with Apple Safari

 HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer)

 Android and Server Certificate

 iPhone and Server Certificate

 Windows Certificate Stores and Console

 RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and Server Certificate

 macOS Certificate Stores and Keychain Access

 Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 .NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates

 PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates

 Comodo Free Personal Certificate

 Digital Signature - Microsoft Word

 Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3

 S/MIME and Email Security

 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology

 Archived Tutorials

 References

 Full Version in PDF/EPUB