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ssl-key-csr-validator
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Check that if private key and csr key matches to SSL certificate or not.
This tiny utility uses Open SSL to verify that:
To match certificate and private key, use below code example.
var ssl = require('ssl-key-csr-validator');
var certPem = fs.readFileSync('my-certificate.pem');
var keyPem = fs.readFileSync('my-key.pem');
ssl.match(certPem, keyPem, function(err, matches) {
if (err)
return console.error('Something\'s wrong: cert invalid, key invalid, key encrypted or else');
if (matches)
console.log('Yay, it matches.');
else
console.log('You\'ve picked the wrong key, bro.');
});
// or read directly from files (feeding them to openssl):
ssl.matchFiles('my-certificate.pem', 'my-key.pem', function(err, matches) {
// ...
});
To match certificate and csr key, use below code example.
var ssl = require('ssl-key-csr-validator');
var certPem = fs.readFileSync('my-certificate.pem');
var keyPem = fs.readFileSync('my-key.pem');
ssl.matchCsr(certPem, csrPem, function(err, matches) {
if (err)
return console.error('Something\'s wrong: cert invalid, csr invalid, key encrypted or else');
if (matches)
console.log('Yay, it matches.');
else
console.log('You\'ve picked the wrong key, bro.');
});
// or read directly from files (feeding them to openssl):
ssl.matchCsrFiles('my-certificate.pem', 'my-csr.pem', function(err, matches) {
// ...
});
FAQs
Check that if private key and csr key matches to SSL certificate or not.
We found that ssl-key-csr-validator demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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