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Hey everyone, RocketSquirrel here. I am building x509Lab, a browser-based GUI tool for visualizing and testing X.509 certificate chains.
In the previous versions, clicking the ‘Verify Chain’ button was a bit frustrating. If your chain was broken, it would just throw a generic ❌ Signature FAIL message. It didn’t tell you which certificate failed, or why.
The verification engine now breaks down the chain check into 8 distinct cryptographic and structural validations (Validity, CA Flags, DN Matching, Signatures, Path Length, Key Usage, etc.).
If a check fails, the UI now points to the exact certificate and gives you a hint on how to fix it.
I also added a Copy Report button. With one click, you get a clean text readout of the entire validation result, which is perfect for pasting into Slack to prove to the backend team that their Intermediate CA is indeed expired.
Like everything in x509Lab, this runs 100% locally via the Web Crypto API. Your keys and certs never touch a server.
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