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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Retrieving a server public SSL key on Solaris 10 (such as GMail's)

This is a tip for you, UNIX users (with OpenSSL installed), who wish to obtain a server's public SSL key.

I'm configuring a Java EE application that needs to connect to an IMAP server using SSL on a Solaris 10 box. For that reason, I need to import the IMAP server SSL public key into my Java runtime certificates file.

Solaris 10 brings a bundled OpenSSL package which it's very easy to accomplish this task with. Just launch your favorite shell and execute the following command:
$ openssl s_client -connect destination.server:[service|port]

In my case, being an IMAP server using a non-standard port, I used:

$ openssl s_client -connect my.imap.server:999
CONNECTED(00000004)
[...snip...]
---
Server certificate
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
[...snip...]

The key I need to import is the shown certificate, including the beginning and the end line.

I saved the key in a file called imap.key and I imported in my Java runtime certificates file with the following command:

$ /usr/jdk/latest/bin/keytool -import -alias imap.gmail.com -keystore /usr/jdk/latest/jre/lib/security/cacerts -file imap.key
[Insert password here]
[Confirm key import]

Done!
Now, my Java application can use that public key to establish a secure SSL connection with the target imap host.

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