PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 2.04, by Dr. Herong Yang
Viewing Server Certificate in Chrome 40
This section provides a tutorial example on how to view server certificate details when visiting an 'https' Web site in Chrome 40.
When you visit an "https" Web server, it will send its certificate to your browser. Server's certificate is needed by the browser for these 2 tasks:
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 Chrome 40 to see details of the server certificate.
1. Run Chrome 40 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 "Connection" tab. The connection security information is displayed.
4. Click the "Certificate information" 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: VeriSign Class 3 Secure Server CA - G3 Valid from 4/7/2014 to 4/9/2015
Cool. Now I see a real server certificate for commercial uses. The picture below shows you steps to see the certificate:
Last update: 2015.
Table of Contents
Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
Using HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer) 10
Visiting "https" Web Site with Chrome 40
►Viewing Server Certificate in Chrome 40
Viewing Server Certificate Path in Chrome 40
Exporting Server Certificate to File in Chrome 40
Viewing Trusted Root CA Certificates in Chrome 40
Listing of Trusted Root CA in Chrome 40
Exporting Root Certificate to File from Chrome 40
Deleting Root CA Certificates from Chrome 40
Chrome 40 Shares Windows PKI with IE
Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers
PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers
Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers
Certificate Stores and Certificate Console
.NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers
CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates
PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates
Digital Signature - Microsoft Word 2007
Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3