Check the status of any website’s SSL certificate with the help of our SSL checker. Simply enter the URL and get all the details in seconds.
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We have developed this online SSL certificate lookup to help our users quickly check the status of SSL certificates for any website.
SSL certificates need to be installed on all websites so that they can use the HTTPS communication protocol. These certificates are essential for website security.
Our SSL lookup allows you to enter the URL of any domain and quickly find whether it has an SSL certificate or not, when it (if present) was issued, who the issuer was, and so on.
Our tool not only confirms the presence or absence of an SSL certificate but also provides a range of other useful information related to it.
A reliable SSL certificate checker like ours can be very useful for cybersecurity experts, website developers, and network administrators.
According to online sources, one of the simplest ways to check if a website has an SSL certificate or not is to see its URL. Websites that have an SSL certificate start with “https” and not “http.”
However, this is not a valid method, considering that sometimes domains with “https” can fail to renew their certificates. When that happens, they may become inaccessible or unsafe to visit.
The benefit of using our SSL cert checker to validate SSL certificates is that you can get updated information about them, such as when they were issued, the date till which they will remain valid, etc. You also don’t have to visit the website yourself to see if a notice pops up. You can simply take the URL and enter it into the tool.
Using our tool to check SSL certificates is a much better way than simply inspecting the URL.
Once you enter the domain name and start the process, you will see a lot of different details, which are listed below. Here is a brief guide to understanding all of those details.
These are the fields provided at the top of the tool’s output. You can then scroll down to look at the details of the SSL chain validation. You will be able to see the Hash and the Public Key along with the PEM.
The Hash is a unique identifier of the certificate. It is different for all certificates.
The public key is used in the process of certificate encryption.
PEM is a file format that is used to carry certificate info and encryption keys.
All of these details give you more and more information about your SSL certificate.
To get a better grasp of the importance and utility of our test SSL certificate tool, we recommend learning more about SSL certificates and SSL chain validation.
SSL certificates are digital certificates issued by CAs (Certification Authorities) that verify the authenticity of a website. In other words, the certificates tell the Internet and its users that the website is who it purports to be and is not fake or malicious. The CAs of a domain are specified in its CAA records. You can easily check the CAA records of any domain by performing a DNS records lookup.
An SSL chain, on the other hand, is basically a chain of all the different CAs that are responsible for relaying the certificate from the root authority to the website. In this chain, there can sometimes be intermediary authorities that simply carry the certificate onto the website and don’t create it themselves.
Our SSL checker provides you with a breakdown of the SSL chain, which can be very helpful as you can use it to look for problem points. You can see the various intermediaries involved in the certification process all in one place. This is yet another reason why our tool is so helpful.
If your SSL certificate is shown as invalid, you should renew it. Before doing that, of course, you should confirm it beforehand. Load your website to see if it works properly or not. You should also visit your SSL certificate provider and make sure that the expiration date has really passed.
You can renew your SSL certificate by following these three steps:
The exact steps needed for the SSL installation vary depending on the hosting platform that you’re using. For example, in cPanel, you can simply navigate to the SSL/TSL menu and then click on “Manage SSL Sites.” After that, you can enter the CRT file and the private key to install the certificate.
