How can Javascript code running in a page inspect the certificate chain used to authenticate the server?
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How can Javascript code running in a page inspect the certificate chain used to authenticate the server?
It can’t. SSL context information is not exposed to Javascript.
Moreover, even if it did, it’d be worthless. If there were someone tampering with the connection, they could simply replace the Javascript code which examined the SSL context with a substitute which treated it as safe.