Chapter 14 Ssl Debugging Tool; Location; Description - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.0 - COMMAND-LINE Manual

SSL Debugging Tool is an SSL-aware command-line proxy. It watches TCP
connections and displays the data going by. If a connection is SSL, the data display
includes interpreted SSL records and handshaking information.
This chapter has the following sections:
• Location (page 115)
• Description (page 115)
• Syntax (page 116)
• Examples (page 117)
• Usage Tips (page 127)

Location

The tool is located with the rest of the command-line tools in this directory:
<server_root>/bin/cert/tools

Description

The
ssltap
incoming connection from the client side. Once this connection arrives, the tool
makes another connection to the specified host name and port on the server side. It
passes any data sent by the client to the server and vice versa. The tool also
displays the data to the shell window from which it was called. It can do this for
plain HTTP connections or any TCP protocol, as well as for SSL streams, as
described here.
command opens a socket on a rendezvous port and waits for an
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