getting Public key of a secure website

Question

Other than using browser,How can I get the public key of a websites which use https protocol ? Are there other ways ? Like from the terminal.

Update - i want all the ways so that i can choose what fits best for me

You need be more precise. There are multiple dozen ways to get a certificat. From a shell, programmatically, manually or from n clients etc... — dertkw, Jun 19 '12 at 20:12

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 19 '12 at 20:56

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openssl s_client -connect example.com:443

Certificate is between -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE-----

edited Jun 19 '12 at 20:56

John Watts

answered Jun 19 '12 at 20:16

Bernicc

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 20:16

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Is this OpenSSL command what you are looking for?

openssl s_client -connect ${REMHOST}:${REMPORT}

answered Jun 19 '12 at 20:16

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