get-remote-certificate.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# fetch the certificate that the server(s) are providing in PEM form
#
# args are HOST:PORT [, HOST:PORT...]
#
# By Bill Janssen.
import re
import os
import sys
import tempfile
def fetch_server_certificate (host, port):
def subproc(cmd):
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
proc = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, shell=True)
status = proc.wait()
output = proc.stdout.read()
return status, output
def strip_to_x509_cert(certfile_contents, outfile=None):
m = re.search(br"^([-]+BEGIN CERTIFICATE[-]+[\r]*\n"
br".*[\r]*^[-]+END CERTIFICATE[-]+)$",
certfile_contents, re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
if not m:
return None
else:
tn = tempfile.mktemp()
fp = open(tn, "wb")
fp.write(m.group(1) + b"\n")
fp.close()
try:
tn2 = (outfile or tempfile.mktemp())
status, output = subproc(r'openssl x509 -in "%s" -out "%s"' %
(tn, tn2))
if status != 0:
raise RuntimeError('OpenSSL x509 failed with status %s and '
'output: %r' % (status, output))
fp = open(tn2, 'rb')
data = fp.read()
fp.close()
os.unlink(tn2)
return data
finally:
os.unlink(tn)
if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
tfile = tempfile.mktemp()
fp = open(tfile, "w")
fp.write("quit\n")
fp.close()
try:
status, output = subproc(
'openssl s_client -connect "%s:%s" -showcerts < "%s"' %
(host, port, tfile))
finally:
os.unlink(tfile)
else:
status, output = subproc(
'openssl s_client -connect "%s:%s" -showcerts < /dev/null' %
(host, port))
if status != 0:
raise RuntimeError('OpenSSL connect failed with status %s and '
'output: %r' % (status, output))
certtext = strip_to_x509_cert(output)
if not certtext:
raise ValueError("Invalid response received from server at %s:%s" %
(host, port))
return certtext
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
sys.stderr.write(
"Usage: %s HOSTNAME:PORTNUMBER [, HOSTNAME:PORTNUMBER...]\n" %
sys.argv[0])
sys.exit(1)
for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
host, port = arg.split(":")
sys.stdout.buffer.write(fetch_server_certificate(host, int(port)))
sys.exit(0)