Perl certificate validity check

[MattGranger]

Chaps,

I'm trying to find out how to check the expiry date of a certificate on a server from a Perl script. If anyone's got any ideas about the best way of doing this I would be most grateful,

Thanks

Matt

 

[justice41]

use Mail::Sendmail;

my %mail = (
    To      => 'webmaster@server.com',
    From    => 'inquiringmind@host.com',
    Message => 'What is the expiry date of your certificate?',
);

sendmail(%mail) or die $Mail::Sendmail::error;

(But seriously, what kind of certificate via which protocal?)

jaa

 

[MattGranger]

I want to check the expiry date of the SSL certificate - essentially, Perl script running on client machine - queries server to see when it's certificate is due for expiry, and then issues warning.