Open SSL to verify Weak Ciphers

 Below Bash script gets the list of supported cipher suites from OpenSSL and tries to connect using each one. If the handshake is successful, it prints YES. If the handshake isn't successful, it prints NO.




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#!/usr/bin/env bash

# OpenSSL requires the port number.
SERVER=$1
DELAY=1
ciphers=$(openssl ciphers 'ALL:eNULL' | sed -e 's/:/ /g')

echo Obtaining cipher list from $(openssl version).

for cipher in ${ciphers[@]}
do
echo -n Testing $cipher...
result=$(echo -n | openssl s_client -cipher "$cipher" -connect $SERVER 2>&1)
if [[ "$result" =~ ":error:" ]] ; then
  error=$(echo -n $result | cut -d':' -f6)
  echo NO \($error\)
else
  if [[ "$result" =~ "Cipher is ${cipher}" || "$result" =~ "Cipher    :" ]] ; then
    echo YES
  else
    echo UNKNOWN RESPONSE
    echo $result
  fi
fi
sleep $DELAY
done

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[TestMachine#]$ ./check_ciphers <Server IP:Port>

Obtaining cipher list from OpenSSL 0.9.8k 25 Mar 2009.
Testing ADH-AES256-SHA...NO (sslv3 alert handshake failure)
Testing DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA...NO (sslv3 alert handshake failure)
Testing DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA...NO (sslv3 alert handshake failure)