HTTPS test server that checks client certificates

oliver picture oliver · Jun 29, 2016 · Viewed 18.1k times · Source

I have written a web service client that uses SSL client certificates to authenticate to the remote server. But since the actual web service is not yet available to me, I'm looking for a public test server that accepts a client certificate for authentication, so that I can test the SSL part of my client for correct implementation and configuration.

I have tried https://requestb.in but it replies with HTTP status 403 (Forbidden) when I use a client certificate. And https://httpbin.org/ accepts my request but doesn't give any indication if the certificate was usable.

Is there a similar service that checks the SSL client certificate?

Answer

Mounir IDRASSI picture Mounir IDRASSI · Mar 13, 2017

You can use the following URLs to test SSL client authentication:

They all use the same configuration: they accept any client certificate and upon success they display the content of various webserver variables like the certificate used and the ciphersuite selected. If the authentication fails, an error is displayed.

I hope this will be useful.