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Menu Menu Home Donate Privacy Policy Sysadmins be welcome Code base PowerShell GNU Linux Bash MySQL Web applications Umbraco WordPress Web application security Windows Server AppCmd DevOps IIS OpenSSH PowerShell SQL Server URL Rewrite Module PowerShell Use PowerShell with SSL client certificates for HTTPS GET requests 02/11/2023 How to use a specific TLS/SSL certificate or thumbprint for your outgoing HTTPS requests using PowerShell.
Use PowerShell Test-NetConnection to test if a TCP port is opened. Along with ping to verify a host is online makes it ideal for scripting and automation.
If you need to verify files are untampered with, you have to create a file checksum -or file hash- that you can use to verify. PowerShell offers this functionality with Get-FileHash cmdlet. Or use certutil.exe.