How can I learn more about the current SSL setup for a public website?

Products

• APP PERF MANAGEMENT
• CA Application Performance Management Agent (APM / Wily / Introscope)
• CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGER
• INTROSCOPE

Issue/Introduction

Question:

One helpful technique in debugging APM CE (CEM) SSL issues is knowing the SSL cipher suites/TLS versions being used by a website. How can I find this out?

 

Answer:

Searching on the terms "ssl website checker" returned millions of hits. Access one of these sites, enter the appropriate domain information (e.g. ca.com). Some sample output is shown below:

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Additional Information:

 

http://www.ca.com/us/support/ca-support-online/product-content/knowledgebase-articles/tec596473.aspx  -- After enabling SSL tracing, the Tim log is filled with Unsupported Ciphersuite warnings. Should I be concerned?

Environment

Release: CEMUGD00200-10.1-Introscope to CA Application-Performance Management-Upgrade Mai
Component: