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TLS monitoring

Raw TLS handshake and certificate validity at a host:port (any TLS service, not just HTTPS).

Every TLS monitor runs on the same spine as the rest of PulseTrace — probed from each region you pick, scored on every check, and streamed into one timeline where incidents open on their own, anomalies surface without a threshold to guess, and reports are generated for you. Point it at a target, choose an interval, and it's watched.

What each check verifies

  • TLS handshake completes
  • Certificate chain validity and expiry

The panel on the right is the real create-monitor screen — it fills itself in with a TLS example, exactly what you'd type.

When to use it

For any TLS endpoint where the certificate matters and you want a light check on every plan: HTTPS hosts, SMTP with STARTTLS, IMAP/POP, database TLS listeners. It verifies the handshake and tracks expiry; the SSL/TLS Security monitor adds the full grade.

What an alert looks like

mail.example.com:465 certificate expires in 7 days (2026-09-11) — issued by Let's Encrypt.

Questions about TLS monitoring

How is this different from the SSL/TLS Security monitor?
TLS answers 'does the handshake work and when does the certificate expire'. SSL/TLS Security also scores protocols, ciphers, chain trust, revocation and HTTP security headers into an A+–F grade — it's the audit; this is the smoke test.
Does it support SNI and non-443 ports?
Yes — set the hostname for SNI and any port.