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How to send a string to server using s_client


How to use s_client of openssl to send a short string to the server?

I have read the s_client manual but didn't find any usable flags.

Or is there any other ways to achieve this?


Solution

  • Does anyone know how to use s_client of openssl to send a short string to the server?

    You can echo it in. Below, I used a GET withHTTP/1.0 and tweeter rudely refused my request:

    HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request
    Content-Length: 0
    

    The -ign_eof keeps the connection open to read the response.

    Tweeter uses Verisign as the CA. You can fetch VeriSign Class 3 Primary CA - G5 from here, and then use it as an argument with -CAfile to ensure the chain verifies.

    Here are the OpenSSL docs on s_client(1).


    $ echo -e "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n" | openssl s_client -connect twitter.com:443 -CAfile PCA-3G5.pem -ign_eof
    CONNECTED(00000003)
    depth=2 C = US, O = "VeriSign, Inc.", OU = VeriSign Trust Network, OU = "(c) 2006 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use only", CN = VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5
    verify return:1
    depth=1 C = US, O = "VeriSign, Inc.", OU = VeriSign Trust Network, OU = Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)06, CN = VeriSign Class 3 Extended Validation SSL CA
    verify return:1
    depth=0 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3 = US, 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2 = Delaware, businessCategory = Private Organization, serialNumber = 4337446, C = US, postalCode = 94103-1307, ST = California, L = San Francisco, street = 1355 Market St, O = "Twitter, Inc.", OU = Twitter Security, CN = twitter.com
    verify return:1
    ---
    Certificate chain
     0 s:/1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US/1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Delaware/businessCategory=Private Organization/serialNumber=4337446/C=US/postalCode=94103-1307/ST=California/L=San Francisco/street=1355 Market St/O=Twitter, Inc./OU=Twitter Security/CN=twitter.com
       i:/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)06/CN=VeriSign Class 3 Extended Validation SSL CA
     1 s:/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)06/CN=VeriSign Class 3 Extended Validation SSL CA
       i:/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=(c) 2006 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use only/CN=VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5
    ---
    Server certificate
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIIGCjCCBPKgAwIBAgIQNC7E3U4iWJiTy5wznxxGDDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADCB
    ujELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFzAVBgNVBAoTDlZlcmlTaWduLCBJbmMuMR8wHQYDVQQL
    ExZWZXJpU2lnbiBUcnVzdCBOZXR3b3JrMTswOQYDVQQLEzJUZXJtcyBvZiB1c2Ug
    YXQgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudmVyaXNpZ24uY29tL3JwYSAoYykwNjE0MDIGA1UEAxMr
    VmVyaVNpZ24gQ2xhc3MgMyBFeHRlbmRlZCBWYWxpZGF0aW9uIFNTTCBDQTAeFw0x
    NDA0MDgwMDAwMDBaFw0xNjA1MDkyMzU5NTlaMIIBEjETMBEGCysGAQQBgjc8AgED
    EwJVUzEZMBcGCysGAQQBgjc8AgECEwhEZWxhd2FyZTEdMBsGA1UEDxMUUHJpdmF0
    ZSBPcmdhbml6YXRpb24xEDAOBgNVBAUTBzQzMzc0NDYxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRMw
    EQYDVQQRFAo5NDEwMy0xMzA3MRMwEQYDVQQIEwpDYWxpZm9ybmlhMRYwFAYDVQQH
    FA1TYW4gRnJhbmNpc2NvMRcwFQYDVQQJFA4xMzU1IE1hcmtldCBTdDEWMBQGA1UE
    ChQNVHdpdHRlciwgSW5jLjEZMBcGA1UECxQQVHdpdHRlciBTZWN1cml0eTEUMBIG
    A1UEAxQLdHdpdHRlci5jb20wggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIB
    AQDGh6KKnZPGMiX5lC8Me9pev8CWscg5cIifrEV5WVW2v8sCoFlBDdnnIw26tqku
    c/uL2aJoB8LAxllik0eNWRq9Q4YDRNuW05YIRQMEgRmAZvIKBpcLCcsB7YVLY7Jp
    FBWGOEiUmL2c6GTc2NQWa723Jqwc6VgXZjDiL+wpHKUYc5RZz4IO3SdJ/Xlq38te
    t5ZffCp/LBhhYNNUMStjEGdQwZCcnWF1DuaZ5TgxzdSGBSdFhssh5aCQO65TjQVn
    cx4g8LNhXHNO7UxNIbEtuPmc0J8amPRHA0euHrgp2wBRZ0tL8Xphm0be3uAoA3DE
    dO/d4wTMBNn5pN13Z9kYhzW/AgMBAAGjggGvMIIBqzAnBgNVHREEIDAeggt0d2l0
    dGVyLmNvbYIPd3d3LnR3aXR0ZXIuY29tMAkGA1UdEwQCMAAwDgYDVR0PAQH/BAQD
    AgWgMB0GA1UdJQQWMBQGCCsGAQUFBwMBBggrBgEFBQcDAjBEBgNVHSAEPTA7MDkG
    C2CGSAGG+EUBBxcGMCowKAYIKwYBBQUHAgEWHGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZlcmlzaWdu
    LmNvbS9jcHMwHQYDVR0OBBYEFBdQCycEZZ1SEbOZAgDknEo1GgKeMB8GA1UdIwQY
    MBaAFPyKULqeuSVae1WFT5UAY4/pWGtDMEIGA1UdHwQ7MDkwN6A1oDOGMWh0dHA6
    Ly9FVlNlY3VyZS1jcmwudmVyaXNpZ24uY29tL0VWU2VjdXJlMjAwNi5jcmwwfAYI
    KwYBBQUHAQEEcDBuMC0GCCsGAQUFBzABhiFodHRwOi8vRVZTZWN1cmUtb2NzcC52
    ZXJpc2lnbi5jb20wPQYIKwYBBQUHMAKGMWh0dHA6Ly9FVlNlY3VyZS1haWEudmVy
    aXNpZ24uY29tL0VWU2VjdXJlMjAwNi5jZXIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADggEBAIfv
    GC219t5efjKTRhtwn2lEtWaQpsYlSyeN8KxLnVJlHRb5z1j8oJER6JmjeqelTvZ1
    RlxZ3A8cQdrntpeh9kFkU3wMK6TjaMKYDrIaFzV1M4FXsqBbJ6vAb2GX1lDu7oxS
    /FrNXH9ebFclDDlXJ3FWGbABxf+xpeowr9y+Md5xgQ0Lpm82NZFei9zuJayJYh4B
    ZbIJ4D9XBa73ZqIBvGXixeahHIvBA9Q0T92gQDJoMXuQ3RkVt63lL4EoJaEQNr1f
    JDn2Wb0MFtKokWF1zb86glCCb7nvc/vbotiWzZt+a49XSByZ1F17I49F/N5cU9ZU
    DQzsM2ToLAU2fwA6h/U=
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----
    subject=/1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US/1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Delaware/businessCategory=Private Organization/serialNumber=4337446/C=US/postalCode=94103-1307/ST=California/L=San Francisco/street=1355 Market St/O=Twitter, Inc./OU=Twitter Security/CN=twitter.com
    issuer=/C=US/O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)06/CN=VeriSign Class 3 Extended Validation SSL CA
    ---
    No client certificate CA names sent
    ---
    SSL handshake has read 3724 bytes and written 446 bytes
    ---
    New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
    Server public key is 2048 bit
    Secure Renegotiation IS supported
    Compression: NONE
    Expansion: NONE
    SSL-Session:
        Protocol  : TLSv1.2
        Cipher    : ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
        Session-ID: 53BE6F30E6C52AAFFC01EAD8D5938C78...
        Session-ID-ctx: 
        Master-Key: 87810BE6303E8EB831EC63E243D4C6E7...
        Key-Arg   : None
        PSK identity: None
        PSK identity hint: None
        SRP username: None
        TLS session ticket lifetime hint: 129600 (seconds)
        TLS session ticket:
        0000 - 95 93 d8 f3 27 2f 4c 11-ab 14 ee 04 46 e3 a8 e5   ....'/L.....F...
        0010 - 7f 35 16 07 6d 5e 80 7c-fa 1d cd 78 39 7e 82 0b   .5..m^.|...x9~..
        0020 - 1d ee d6 99 2d d2 03 db-ab b8 37 5d f5 a5 28 62   ....-.....7]..(b
        0030 - 3b f6 c7 c3 dc 7c 77 de-0f 60 d8 4c 8c f6 8e 8b   ;....|w..`.L....
        0040 - c8 8e 65 68 96 ec 27 f1-26 5d 4c 25 49 fd c0 ca   ..eh..'.&]L%I...
        0050 - c5 86 00 19 f1 26 5a 3e-fd df ca 12 a9 f8 17 bb   .....&Z>........
        0060 - 77 b8 5b 1c 58 1a 6b 16-d1 16 e0 d9 e8 b2 bf 92   w.[.X.k.........
        0070 - 44 07 60 17 a0 11 23 52-3a 14 d0 79 85 a3 ae 8d   D.`...#R:..y....
        0080 - 17 d1 b8 44 d7 c3 3e ab-67 4c 7a c0 d6 cd 7e fe   ...D..>.gLz...~.
        0090 - b7 95 56 69 8f 5f 3e ee-2a c1 f9 0e 46 75 a6 79   ..Vi._>.*...Fu.y
    
        Start Time: 1398724229
        Timeout   : 300 (sec)
        Verify return code: 0 (ok)
    ---
    HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request
    Content-Length: 0
    
    closed