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Re: Finding Servers Using OpenSSL SSL/TLS


From: Danny Schales <dan () LATECH EDU>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:53:20 -0500

On 04/11/2014 13:24, Scherck, Daniel wrote:
You can check for the basic heartbeat vulnerability using an OpenSSL
client, presuming you can hit the server from your location:

 

openssl s_client –connect <servername>:443 -tlsextdebug | grep “server
extens”**

* *

The result should spit back a few lines listing the TLS Extensions
detected on the server, and as long as there isn’t one that says
“heartbeat” you should be ok.


Note:

This only works using an openssl client that has support for the
heartbeat extension.  If you run it using a version prior to 1.0.1, then
you won't see the heartbeat extension and will think you are safe, when
in fact you are not.  Run the test from a system running 1.0.1g.

and just grep heart :)

Danny Schales
Louisiana Tech University


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