PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v2.32, by Herong Yang
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:
Table of Contents
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 IE (Internet Explorer)
Android 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