What Does SSL/TLS Analysis Reveal About Security?
SSL/TLS analysis examines encryption configuration — certificates, cipher suites, protocol versions, and security headers. According to SSL Labs' 2024 SSL Pulse survey, only 40% of websites achieve an A grade, meaning the majority have exploitable misconfigurations. This tool covers checks recommended by OWASP's Transport Layer Security Cheat Sheet.
Certificate and Cipher Analysis
The tool examines X.509 certificates, supported TLS versions (1.0 and 1.1 deprecated per RFC 8996), and cipher suites. NIST SP 800-52 Rev. 2 specifies that servers should prefer AEAD suites like AES-GCM and ChaCha20-Poly1305 and reject RC4, DES, or MD5.
HTTP Security Headers
Beyond TLS, the tool checks HSTS, CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options. According to SecurityHeaders.com (2024), only 22% of top 1M websites implement Content-Security-Policy. Missing headers enable clickjacking, MIME sniffing, and XSS even when TLS is configured.