indexes:how_do_i_retrieve_a_remote_certificate [Lnxgeek.org Wiki

This script retrieves the certificate of the site you target:

#!/bin/sh
#
# usage: retrieve-cert.sh remote.host.name [port]
#
REMHOST=$1
REMPORT=${2:-443}

echo |\
openssl s_client -connect ${REMHOST}:${REMPORT} 2>&1 |\
sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p'

This script checks a list of sites for their expire date:

#!/bin/sh
#
for CERT in \
  www.yourdomain.com:443 \
  ldap.yourdomain.com:636 \
  imap.yourdomain.com:993 \
do
  echo |\
  openssl s_client -connect ${CERT} 2>/dev/null |\
  sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' |\
  openssl x509 -noout -subject -dates
done