How to grab website certificates?

I need to obtain all certificates that build a chain from the endpoint certificate the whole way up to the Root CA so i can import them to the keystore and then开发者_C百科 use them in my application.

How can i do this in Windows (can't find this option in browsers)?

I'll assume you are using IE, rather than go through it for every browser.

When you access the website, there should be a little lock indicating the connection is secure (right of the address bar in IE 8, forget where for the other versions).

It'll bring up a window that says Website Identification, click view certificates

This'll bring up the site's certificate, which you can save. There'll also be a tab that indicates Certification Path. Click that, and you'll see the intermediate chain. Click each and save them to disk, then you can import them as you see fit.

In addition to the comments left on the OP question, I found the original article in the Oracle Blog archives:

https://blogs.oracle.com/gc/entry/unable_to_find_valid_certification

Though you will not be able to download the InstallCert.java file linked in the article, you will find it on a mirrored site:

http://nodsw.com/blog/leeland/2006/12/06-no-more-unable-find-valid-certification-path-requested-target