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Certificate Transparency Search

Every publicly trusted certificate is recorded in Certificate Transparency logs. See which certificates exist for your domain right now, who issued them, and which subdomains they name.

Instant result, no email needed.

Why look

A certificate you did not request is a warning sign: a forgotten service, a vendor acting for you, or someone who briefly controlled one of your names. The subdomain names in certificates are also the list attackers start from, so it is worth knowing what is in it. Results come from crt.sh, or from Cert Spotter when crt.sh does not answer; the page names the source. The services differ slightly in coverage and can lag a few hours.

To see which authorities are allowed to issue for the domain, use the CAA Record Checker; to check names for dangling records, the Subdomain Takeover Checker.

Frequently asked questions

What is Certificate Transparency?

A public, append-only record of every certificate issued by publicly trusted authorities. Browsers require it, so a certificate that is not logged is not trusted, which makes the logs a complete public list.

Why are expired certificates not shown?

The list shows certificates that are still valid, because those are the ones that can be used today. Expired ones are history.

Why does a certificate appear twice in some tools?

Authorities log a precertificate before issuing the final certificate. CloudSpex merges the two so each certificate is counted once.

Can I hide subdomains from CT logs?

Not for publicly trusted certificates. Use a wildcard certificate if you do not want each name listed, and do not rely on subdomain names being secret.

A certificate you did not ask for is worth knowing about the day it appears.

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