Extracting Client Certificates

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You can display all of the server’s certificates using the following command:

$ openssl s_client -showcerts server.name:port | sed -n '/-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----/,/-----END CERTIFICATE-----/p'

This output can be piped or copy/pasted to a text file (only keep the parts between the BEGIN and END CERTIFICATE sections) and give it a .crt file extension. You can then use it as input to whatever client app needs it.

In the below example we pipe the openssl output to grep to remove the identifiers of the certificates. You may not get your prompt back until the command times out, so you should wait a bit and after a bit you should get something similar to the following output:

$ openssl s_client -showcerts example.com:443 2>&1 |grep -v '^depth'| sed -n '/-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----/,/-----END CERTIFICATE-----/p' -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIHSjCCBjKgAwIBAgIQDB/LGEUYx+OGZ0EjbWtz8TANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBP MQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEVMBMGA1UEChMMRGlnaUNlcnQgSW5jMSkwJwYDVQQDEyBE aWdpQ2VydCBUTFMgUlNBIFNIQTI1NiAyMDIwIENBMTAeFw0yMzAxMTMwMDAwMDBa Fw0yNDAyMTMyMzU5NTlaMIGWMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEGA1UECBMKQ2FsaWZv cm5pYTEUMBIGA1UEBxMLTG9zIEFuZ2VsZXMxQjBABgNVBAoMOUludGVybmV0wqBD b3Jwb3JhdGlvbsKgZm9ywqBBc3NpZ25lZMKgTmFtZXPCoGFuZMKgTnVtYmVyczEY MBYGA1UEAxMPd3d3LmV4YW1wbGUub3JnMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8A MIIBCgKCAQEAwoB3iVm4RW+6StkR+nutx1fQevu2+t0Fu6KBcbvhfyHSXy7w0nJO dTT4jWLjStpRkNQBPZwMwHH35i+21gdnJtDe/xfO8IX9McFmyodlBUcqX8CruIzD v9AXf2OjXPBG+4aq+03XKl5/muATl32++301Vw1dXoGYNeoWQqLTsHT3WS3tOOf+ ehuzNuZ+rj+ephaD3lMBToEArrtC9R91KTTN6YSAOK48NxTA8CfOMFK5itxfIqB5 +E9OSQTidXyqLyoeA+xxTKMqYfxvypEek1oueAhY9u67NCBdmuavxtfyvwp7+o6S d+NsewxAhmRKFexw13KOYzDhC+9aMJcuJQIDAQABo4ID2DCCA9QwHwYDVR0jBBgw FoAUt2ui6qiqhIx56rTaD5iyxZV2ufQwHQYDVR0OBBYEFLCTP+gXgv1ssrYXh8vj gP6CmwGeMIGBBgNVHREEejB4gg93d3cuZXhhbXBsZS5vcmeCC2V4YW1wbGUubmV0 ggtleGFtcGxlLmVkdYILZXhhbXBsZS5jb22CC2V4YW1wbGUub3Jngg93d3cuZXhh bXBsZS5jb22CD3d3dy5leGFtcGxlLmVkdYIPd3d3LmV4YW1wbGUubmV0MA4GA1Ud DwEB/wQEAwIFoDAdBgNVHSUEFjAUBggrBgEFBQcDAQYIKwYBBQUHAwIwgY8GA1Ud HwSBhzCBhDBAoD6gPIY6aHR0cDovL2NybDMuZGlnaWNlcnQuY29tL0RpZ2lDZXJ0 VExTUlNBU0hBMjU2MjAyMENBMS00LmNybDBAoD6gPIY6aHR0cDovL2NybDQuZGln aWNlcnQuY29tL0RpZ2lDZXJ0VExTUlNBU0hBMjU2MjAyMENBMS00LmNybDA+BgNV HSAENzA1MDMGBmeBDAECAjApMCcGCCsGAQUFBwIBFhtodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRpZ2lj ZXJ0LmNvbS9DUFMwfwYIKwYBBQUHAQEEczBxMCQGCCsGAQUFBzABhhhodHRwOi8v b2NzcC5kaWdpY2VydC5jb20wSQYIKwYBBQUHMAKGPWh0dHA6Ly9jYWNlcnRzLmRp Z2ljZXJ0LmNvbS9EaWdpQ2VydFRMU1JTQVNIQTI1NjIwMjBDQTEtMS5jcnQwCQYD VR0TBAIwADCCAX8GCisGAQQB1nkCBAIEggFvBIIBawFpAHYA7s3QZNXbGs7FXLed tM0TojKHRny87N7DUUhZRnEftZsAAAGFq0gFIwAABAMARzBFAiEAqt+fK6jFdGA6 tv0EWt9rax0WYBV4re9jgZgq0zi42QUCIEBh1yKpPvgX1BreE0wBUmriOVUhJS77 KgF193fT2877AHcAc9meiRtMlnigIH1HneayxhzQUV5xGSqMa4AQesF3crUAAAGF q0gFnwAABAMASDBGAiEA12SUFK5rgLqRzvgcr7ZzV4nl+Zt9lloAzRLfPc7vSPAC IQCXPbwScx1rE+BjFawZlVjLj/1PsM0KQQcsfHDZJUTLwAB2AEiw42vapkc0D+Vq AvqdMOscUgHLVt0sgdm7v6s52IRzAAABhatIBV4AAAQDAEcwRQIhAN5bhHthoyWM J3CQB/1iYFEhMgUVkFhHDM/nlE9ThCwhAiAPvPJXyp7a2kzwJX3P7fqH5Xko3rPh CzRoXYd6W+QkCjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAQEAWeRK2KmCuppK8WMMbXYmdbM8 dL7F9z2nkZL4zwYtWBDt87jW/Gz/E5YyzU/phySFC3SiwvYP9afYfXaKrunJWCtu AG+5zSTuxELFTBaFnTRhOSO/xo6VyYSpsuVBD0R415W5z9l0v1hP5xb/fEAwxGxO Ik3Lg2c6k78rxcWcGvJDoSU7hPb3U26oha7eFHSRMAYN8gfUxAi6Q2TF4j/arMVB r6Q36EJ2dPcTu0p9NlmBm8dE34lzuTNC6GDCTWFdEloQ9u//M4kUUOjWn8a5XCs1 263t3Ta2JfKViqxpP5r+GvgVKG3qGFrC0mIYr0B4tfpeCY9T+cz4I6GDMSP0xg== -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEvjCCA6agAwIBAgIQBtjZBNVYQ0b2ii+nVCJ+xDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBh MQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEVMBMGA1UEChMMRGlnaUNlcnQgSW5jMRkwFwYDVQQLExB3 d3cuZGlnaWNlcnQuY29tMSAwHgYDVQQDExdEaWdpQ2VydCBHbG9iYWwgUm9vdCBD QTAeFw0yMTA0MTQwMDAwMDBaFw0zMTA0MTMyMzU5NTlaME8xCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVT MRUwEwYDVQQKEwxEaWdpQ2VydCBJbmMxKTAnBgNVBAMTIERpZ2lDZXJ0IFRMUyBS U0EgU0hBMjU2IDIwMjAgQ0ExMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKC AQEAwUuzZUdwvN1PWNvsnO3DZuUfMRNUrUpmRh8sCuxkB+Uu3Ny5CiDt3+PE0J6a qXodgojlEVbbHp9YwlHnLDQNLtKS4VbL8Xlfs7uHyiUDe5pSQWYQYE9XE0nw6Ddn g9/n00tnTCJRpt8OmRDtV1F0JuJ9x8piLhMbfyOIJVNvwTRYAIuE//i+p1hJInuW raKImxW8oHzf6VGo1bDtN+I2tIJLYrVJmuzHZ9bjPvXj1hJeRPG/cUJ9WIQDgLGB Afr5yjK7tI4nhyfFK3TUqNaX3sNk+crOU6JWvHgXjkkDKa77SU+kFbnO8lwZV21r eacroicgE7XQPUDTITAHk+qZ9QIDAQABo4IBgjCCAX4wEgYDVR0TAQH/BAgwBgEB /wIBADAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUt2ui6qiqhIx56rTaD5iyxZV2ufQwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAU A95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUwDgYDVR0PAQH/BAQDAgGGMB0GA1UdJQQWMBQG CCsGAQUFBwMBBggrBgEFBQcDAjB2BggrBgEFBQcBAQRqMGgwJAYIKwYBBQUHMAGG GGh0dHA6Ly9vY3NwLmRpZ2ljZXJ0LmNvbTBABggrBgEFBQcwAoY0aHR0cDovL2Nh Y2VydHMuZGlnaWNlcnQuY29tL0RpZ2lDZXJ0R2xvYmFsUm9vdENBLmNydDBCBgNV HR8EOzA5MDegNaAzhjFodHRwOi8vY3JsMy5kaWdpY2VydC5jb20vRGlnaUNlcnRH bG9iYWxSb290Q0EuY3JsMD0GA1UdIAQ2MDQwCwYJYIZIAYb9bAIBMAcGBWeBDAEB MAgGBmeBDAECATAIBgZngQwBAgIwCAYGZ4EMAQIDMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAA4IB AQCAMs5eC91uWg0Kr+HWhMvAjvqFcO3aXbMM9yt1QP6FCvrzMXi3cEsaiVi6gL3z ax3pfs8LulicWdSQ0/1s/dCYbbdxglvPbQtaCdB73sRD2Cqk3p5BJl+7j5nL3a7h qG+fh/50tx8bIKuxT8b1Z11dmzzp/2n3YWzW2fP9NsarA4h20ksudYbj/NhVfSbC EXffPgK2fPOre3qGNm+499iTcc+G33Mw+nur7SpZyEKEOxEXGlLzyQ4UfaJbcme6 ce1XR2bFuAJKZTRei9AqPCCcUZlM51Ke92sRKw2Sfh3oius2FkOH6ipjv3U/697E A7sKPPcw7+uvTPyLNhBzPvOk -----END CERTIFICATE-----