cipherscan/openssl s_client doesn't accept the -connect parameter, which is extremely strange; refusing to proceed.

[abhishek-das-gupta]

I am using cipherscan to see the cipher list order on some port:
./cipherscan fqdn:portno

I am getting the error:
cipherscan/openssl s_client doesn't accept the -connect parameter, which is extremely strange; refusing to proceed.

How to resolve this issue ?

[jvehent]

cipherscan is a 10 years old convoluted bash script that calls an outdated openssl binary in the backend. you might want to rewrite it or look for something more modern :)

[abhishek-das-gupta]

@jvehent can you suggest a tool that can show whether who the cipher ordering (server/client) ? Like cipher scan shows:
Cipher ordering: server

[drwetter]

https://github.com/drwetter/testssl.sh