openssl s_client using a proxy

Question

openssl s_client -connect some.https.server:443 -showcerts

is a nice command to run when you want to inspect the server's certificates and its certificate chain.

Is there a way to run this command when you are behind a HTTP/HTTPS proxy ?

Answer 1

You can use proxytunnel:

proxytunnel -p yourproxy:8080 -d www.google.com:443 -a 7000

and then you can do this:

openssl s_client -connect localhost:7000 -showcerts

Hope this can help you!