Know whether a domain’s certificate chain is current, trusted, and correctly matched.
Inspect a public HTTPS certificate and understand its identity, validity, issuer chain, Subject Alternative Name (SAN) coverage, negotiated TLS parameters, and remediation-oriented findings. “SSL” is treated as a legacy name; this page reports TLS behavior.
Grade guide: A means no major finding in the observed data; B means a warning needs attention; C means a significant finding is present; D means multiple serious findings need remediation; F means the example is failing on fundamental checks. The grade is a compact screening aid, not a compliance certification.
Privacy: certificate parsing happens in this browser; the selected file is not uploaded by this page. Remote handshake, chain-path validation, OCSP, and CT checks require a backend scanner and are not inferred from a hostname alone.
Validity window
Handshake snapshot
Suggested next action
No immediate action. Keep normal renewal automation and monitor CT logs for unexpected issuances.
Export options
Planned: JSON report, compliance PDF, Jira ticket draft, Slack/Telegram alert, and cert inventory CSV.
Subject Alternative Names
Name coverage check
Requested hostname is covered by the leaf certificate SAN list.
Protocol support
Negotiated handshake
Complete supported cipher suites found
Endpoint certificate
TLS key exchange
Suggested migration steps
What this scan cannot determine
X.509 identity and validity fields
Key, signature, and important extensions
Additional fields to include in full scanner output
Version, Subject Key Identifier (SKI), Authority Key Identifier (AKI), Certificate Policies, Authority Information Access (AIA), CRL Distribution Points, Signed Certificate Timestamps (SCTs), fingerprints, PEM/DER encoding, and full path-validation result.
Terminology and behavior references
- RFC 5280: X.509 certificate profile, certificate fields, extensions, and path validation.
- RFC 5246: TLS 1.2 protocol and TLS 1.2 cipher suite structure.
- RFC 8446: TLS 1.3 protocol; cipher suites no longer encode key exchange or certificate authentication.
- IANA TLS Cipher Suites registry: standard cipher suite names and recommended/discouraged status.
- OpenSSL
s_client,ciphers, andx509manuals: scanner commands and OpenSSL naming behavior. - CA/Browser Forum TLS Baseline Requirements and Mozilla Root Store Policy: public TLS certificate issuance/trust expectations.
What this certificate checker can tell you
Certificate Inspector helps developers, IT teams, and site owners review the public TLS configuration presented by an HTTPS service. A scan can report certificate identity, expiration, hostname coverage, issuer information, negotiated TLS details, and findings that may require remediation.
The result is an external snapshot of the tested endpoint. It is not a complete audit of internal certificates, private-key protection, VPNs, HSMs, code-signing systems, stored data, or organizational compliance.
How to use the result
A clean result means no major issue was found in the fields this scanner could observe. Warnings may point to renewal timing or policy-dependent configuration. A failing result means one or more serious findings should be investigated by the service owner.
Continue learning
Read the methodology, review the FAQ or post-quantum guide, or use the troubleshooting guides for expiration, hostname mismatches, and certificate chains.