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

[Jan Wagner]

Hi Michael,

On Sunday, 19. February 2012, Michael Renner wrote:
> 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:
> 
> ---
> 
>  -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.
> 
> ---
> 
> If you think that this is sufficient to communicate what the plugin does
> and what it doesn't please close this bug report.

that was not my point. I asked, _where_ do you expect such an information. And 
while we are at it, maybe you can tell me, _what_ do you expect at this place. 
Feel free to provide patches and/or just the text.

Many thanks, Jan.
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