On Feb 19, 2012, at 12:06 , Jan Wagner wrote: > "Notes: > This plugin will attempt to open an HTTP connection with the host. > [...] > 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." > > This indicates, that you are trying to use this plugin for something > that is not intended to be used for. > Anyways, this would be indeed an usefull extension.
Hi Jan, thanks for your answer! I was negatively surprised by check_http since (nearly?) every other SSL/TLS implementation will at least warn about not checking specific things you'd expect from a sane/full implementation or explicitly mention it in the docs. Explicitly pointing out that this plugin will _ONLY_ verify the expiry date of the certificate should prevent surprises for other people in the future. best, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

