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SSL Checker

Use this checklist to validate certificate trust, coverage, and configuration before review or incident response.

Certificate review checklist

These checks apply to production hosts, API gateways, and internal services with external access.

Issuer trust

Confirm the certificate chains to a trusted root and is not self-signed in production.

Validity window

Review notBefore/notAfter. Renew before expiry and watch for long-lived certificates.

Hostname match

The certificate subject or SAN must match the public hostname users visit.

TLS version and cipher

Prefer TLS 1.2+ and modern cipher suites; disable legacy protocol versions.

OCSP and stapling

Check revocation behavior and stapling when available to reduce latency and trust checks.

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