Steps to add an SSL endpoint on Heroku

The Secure Socket Layer, SSL for short, is a protocol by which many services that communicate over the Internet can do so in a secure fashion.

"The goal of sslcaudit project is to develop a utility to automate testing SSL/TLS clients for resistance against MITM attacks. It might be useful for testing a thick client, a mobile application, an appliance, pretty much anything communicating over SSL/TLS over TCP."

#!/bin/sh
#
# usage: retrieve-cert.sh remote.host.name [port]
#
REMHOST=$1
REMPORT=${2:-443}
echo |
openssl s_client -connect ${REMHOST}:${REMPORT} 2>&1 |
sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p'