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How can I get the public key of a webpage like verisign , etc. using HTTPS protocol?
How can I get the public key of a webpage like verisign , etc. using HTTPS protocol?
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Answered on Apr 5, 2022
To extract public key from certificate - In google chrome, go to the https web page (say https://mail.google.com), click on the lock next to the URL, then click on "certificate information", click on the "Details" tab, and then find "Subject Public Key Info", which for mail.google.com says Subject Public Key Algorithm: "PKCS #1 RSA Encryption" and Subject's Public Key:Modulus (1024 bits):
AF 39 15 98 68 E4 92 FE 4F 4F F1 BB FF 0D 2E B0
FE 25 AA BD 68 04 67 27 EA 6C 43 4C A7 6D CB C8
8F 7E 81 EE 87 26 25 10 12 54 33 9E AA 3D 9B 8F
8E 92 B3 4B 01 E3 F9 4A 29 C3 0F FD AC B7 D3 4C
97 29 3F 69 55 CF 70 83 04 AF 2E 04 6E 74 D6 0F
17 09 FE 9E 20 24 24 E3 C7 68 9C AC 11 BD 92 E4
B2 1B 09 F2 02 32 BB 55 1B 2D 16 5F 30 12 23 E2
4C 4A 8D C2 DA 3F E1 B8 BF F7 3A B1 86 BE F0 C5
Public Exponent (24 bits):
01 00 01
This corresponds to the decimal numbers N=123045765072979014913511278179231402316770142733119510397469126703890433473616878571037576880489731114142173557070569117331013682110047985574967516701153320350820086344743718518661070276817382223900929884490765709232088941906671668904441902033030813416432622693650320785674286428555963210887699747381872357573
and exponent=65537 used in RSA.Free tutorials and interview questions from industry experts — learn the skill, then get ready to prove it.
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