Dear all,

I am a bit confused after reading the man pages for -showcerts and -verify.
The latter makes it sound as if it is the only way to do full verification
of a cert chain if I want to see all errors, as -showcerts would stop on the
first error. However, I've fiddled around a bit and tested -showcerts on
some servers, and it seems I can get two or more errors displayed, like 18
Self-Signed or 10 Expired, without using -verify.

So, to sum this up, if I want to see everything that's wrong with a
certificate or a certificate chain, is it sufficient to use showcerts, or do
I have to do an extra verify? I want to see the certificate chain in any
case, so showcerts is what I am doing right now. Seeing all errors would be
more interesting, however.

Thanks,
Ralph

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