*.metamask.io

Issued by R3

About this certificate

This digital certificate with serial number 04:a6:45:51:ec:a6:31:8d:2d:6a:64:77:c7:bf:1c:c0:a1:3d was issued on by Let's Encrypt.

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Certificate Subject

CN=*.metamask.io

Let's Encrypt

Organization: Let's Encrypt
Country: US

This certificate has expire since

Certificate Details

Serial Number (hex): 04:a6:45:51:ec:a6:31:8d:2d:6a:64:77:c7:bf:1c:c0:a1:3d
Serial Number (int): 405028158743487348915337054239823832850749
Serial Number lenght: 139 bits, 18 octets

SubjectKeyId: 08:48:3f:ea:4b:ff:2b:0c:df:ec:13:9d:bd:e7:08:2c:8f:c2:05:9b
AuthorityKeyId: 14:2e:b3:17:b7:58:56:cb:ae:50:09:40:e6:1f:af:9d:8b:14:c2:c6

Fingerprint (sha1): 94:e4:5e:2e:1e:2d:26:4c:39:d8:58:e9:1a:bc:54:29:4c:e7:be:1f
Fingerprint (sha256): 16:06:a5:e3:4c:d8:65:2b:b5:46:eb:07:46:8a:8c:99:93:48:f6:ce:a6:47:fb:56:c7:63:13:b3:07:bf:88:e6

Issuing Certificate URL: http://r3.i.lencr.org/

Revocation information

OCSP Server: http://r3.o.lencr.org

Check the revocation status for certificate *.metamask.io

2

DNS Names

0

Email Addresses

0

IP Addresses

Advanced Certificate Properties

Tehnical certificate details for *.metamask.io

Public Key Algorithm

RSA

Key Size

2048

Signature Algorithm

SHA256 with RSA

Key Usage

Digital Signature
Key Encipherment

Extended Key Usages

Server Authentication
Client Authentication

Extensions

9 extensions
No unhandled critical extensions

CA Certificate

This is not a CA certificate

Subject Alternative Names

*.metamask.io
metamask.io

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Certificate

The complete raw certificate details for *.metamask.io in PEM and ASN.1 format.

Certificate (PEM)

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Public Key (PEM)

-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAwd4usUBmzbY2EvkyGgiK
kv3qLa2SOvRS+thZ7hy2IKGdli6KDNNuWk84Pw38UQwWUByoEUZOvThS1HEiS4Zo
iIVKVRRQ8XCYT9M54GwTiuMNhyvKxR7xEeKDEXvb1K6CmE9H/u0v4BKD0V+PEgxj
XhM3EDQYxS3V49HeRVgIVcNNYl6yYSGg2cgE5F/E54xWtj4MTSTJ8vX58P34j2DS
6l5Lgbt3dQg6dDwG0bipafdGef88DrE6QMep7q1RtyjOPxmJcbwo9ALvuwHRVHUi
LH82K3lNaI8rLgeCAfg+UxbFmWvSV3e6BSrhW/EgDxgZCupVX4PObyzUGHURYe/C
7wIDAQAB
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----

ASN.1 decoded

 [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . [c:2|t:0|true] OtherName 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:2|false] INTEGER 2
 . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:2|false] INTEGER 405028158743487348915337054239823832850749
 . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.2.840.113549.1.1.11 (sha256WithRSAEncryption)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:5|false] NULL 
 . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:17|true] SET, SET OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.4.6 (countryName)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:19|false] PrintableString 'US'
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:17|true] SET, SET OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.4.10 (organizationName)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:19|false] PrintableString 'Let's Encrypt'
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:17|true] SET, SET OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.4.3 (commonName)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:19|false] PrintableString 'R3'
 . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:23|false] UTCTime 2020-12-14 00:06:04 +0000 UTC
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:23|false] UTCTime 2021-03-14 00:06:04 +0000 UTC
 . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:17|true] SET, SET OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.4.3 (commonName)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:12|false] UTF8String '*.metamask.io'
 . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.2.840.113549.1.1.1 (rsaEncryption)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:5|false] NULL 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:3|false] BIT STRING (2160 bits)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:2|false] INTEGER 24473555079455564921336558720809883635216830163155418297543852942512743348005974454723907223922946547914975312722082006567104417855899466587138586997617659139529036735600920690115328139262007522482631348658526259195275558913007190895056524860683133450827227896573232952845286336308393984491324484358230257476655760651344049457329664029663561650808134843362992934900383336497956708618225649239816537652748061892718113946595795120483942270159404953341230443726748831961889063305219605557928447307879397853109467875170985874853773481007535317683918883724160095837863733149140426323254353090841841955665481339791612035823
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:2|false] INTEGER 65537

 . . . . . . . . [c:2|t:3|true] ORAddress 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.29.15 (keyUsage)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:1|false] BOOLEAN true
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (4 bytes)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:3|false] BIT STRING (3 bits)
							05a0
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.29.37 (extKeyUsage)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (22 bytes)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1 (serverAuth)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2 (clientAuth)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.29.19 (basicConstraints)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:1|false] BOOLEAN true
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (2 bytes)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.29.14 (subjectKeyIdentifier)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (22 bytes)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (20 bytes)
							08483fea4bff2b0cdfec139dbde7082c8fc2059b
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.29.35 (authorityKeyIdentifier)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (24 bytes)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:2|t:0|false] OtherName 142eb317b75856cbae500940e61faf9d8b14c2c6
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.1 (authorityInfoAccess)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (73 bytes)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.48.1 (ocsp)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:2|t:6|false] IA5String 'http://r3.o.lencr.org'
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.48.2 (caIssuers)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:2|t:6|false] IA5String 'http://r3.i.lencr.org/'
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.29.17 (subjectAltName)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (30 bytes)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:2|t:2|false] IA5String '*.metamask.io'
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:2|t:2|false] IA5String 'metamask.io'
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.5.29.32 (certificatePolicies)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (69 bytes)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 2.23.140.1.2.1 (Domain Validation Certificates Policy)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.3.6.1.4.1.44947.1.1.1
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.2.1 (cps)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:22|false] IA5String 'http://cps.letsencrypt.org'
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.3.6.1.4.1.11129.2.4.2
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (245 bytes)
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:4|false] OCTET STRING (242 bytes)
							00f00077004494652eb0eeceafc44007d8a8fe28c0dae682bed8cb31b53fd33396b5b681a8000001765ec8768100000403004830460221009fc29a02b3b01d375c07ca6742f731ad690c867a6152af551b7156cb6d41fd95022100ded53e0114de36399c15498cf68109673e22e0109bd0fae85970a8eb8198e4a20075007d3ef2f88fff88556824c2c0ca9e5289792bc50e78097f2e6a9768997e22f0d7000001765ec8769e0000040300463044021f7687fa48bd7dfb181d4755128d9a1c68db4d12d12f0a1cace540bb8fb6412b0221008ef0bf4199c6b2718bbd9f1f7962e2253115cea90affabab4e7fef3d10e8ec92
 . . . . [c:0|t:16|true] SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE OF 
 . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:6|false] OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.2.840.113549.1.1.11 (sha256WithRSAEncryption)
 . . . . . . . . [c:0|t:5|false] NULL 
 . . . . [c:0|t:3|false] BIT STRING (2048 bits)
		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