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> > Is there any way of retrieving / displaying the certificate chain during a > SSL session? > Something equivalent of the information shown in the 'padlock' of IE during > a session. > If this is for a program you're writing with the GSKit API, you can use gsk_attribute_get_cert_info() to get certificate info. If this is for a program you're writing with the SSL_xxx APIs, there's a pointer to the certificate in the SSLHandle structure. Unlike the GSKit API, it does not parse it for you, you'll have to write your own routines. > Normally we only have the top level CA cert on the box, but I would like to > see the other serts used during a secured comms session. If you're just doing this once for testing, you might consider using the openssl tool from the OpenSSL project (http://www.openssl.org) it comes standard on most BSD/Linux distros... I have a copy compiled to run on Windows as well, contact me off-list if you're interested in getting a copy of that...
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