[Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#644627: Bug#644627: nagios-plugins-basic: check_http --ssl doesn't verify the validity of a certificate

[Michael Renner]

On Feb 19, 2012, at 13:05 , Jan Wagner wrote:

>> Explicitly pointing out that this plugin will _ONLY_ verify the
>> expiry date of the certificate should prevent surprises for other
>> people in the future.
> 
> "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http --help" doesn't count as
> documentation? Where do you expect such informations exactly?

Regarding HTTPS & certificates my version shows:

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 -S, --ssl
   Connect via SSL. Port defaults to 443
 --sni
   Enable SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI)
 -C, --certificate=INTEGER
   Minimum number of days a certificate has to be valid. Port defaults to 443
   (when this option is used the URL is not checked.)

[..]

 This plugin can also check whether an SSL enabled web server is able to
 serve content (optionally within a specified time) or whether the X509 
 certificate is still valid for the specified number of days.

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If you think that this is sufficient to communicate what the plugin does and what it doesn't please close this bug report.

best,
Michael