Classic ASP

Get the Server Certificate from a TLS Connection

Demonstrates Socket.GetServerCert, which copies the certificate presented by the remote TLS server into a Cert object for inspection.

Background. The method returns false when the socket is not connected, is not using TLS, or no server certificate is available. Inspecting the certificate lets an application validate the server's identity.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

set socket = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Socket")

'  Connect to the server using TLS.
bTls = 1
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( socket.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Copy the certificate presented by the remote TLS server, then inspect it.  This can be used to
'  validate the server's identity.
set cert = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = socket.GetServerCert(cert)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( socket.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Server certificate subject: " & cert.SubjectCN) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Issued by: " & cert.IssuerCN) & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>