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Terms of Use

By using this website, you agree to the following terms. Please read them before you use our tools or content.

Last updated: April 14, 2026

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using ssl.switchfirewall.com (the "Site"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please stop using the Site immediately.

We may update these terms from time to time. Continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

About This Site

SwitchFirewall provides free online tools (including but not limited to an SSL Certificate Decoder, Subnet Calculator, DNS Lookup, and Password Generator) and educational articles about networking and security. All tools and content are provided free of charge for personal and professional use.

Permitted Use

You may use this Site to:

  • Decode and inspect SSL certificates and CSRs that you own or are authorised to inspect
  • Check SSL certificates on servers you own or are authorised to test
  • Read and share our articles for educational purposes
  • Use our tools for legitimate networking, security, and IT administration tasks

Prohibited Use

You may not use this Site to:

  • Inspect, decode, or collect SSL certificate data from servers without authorisation
  • Conduct unauthorised security testing or reconnaissance on third-party systems
  • Attempt to overload, attack, or disrupt the Site or its servers
  • Scrape or automate requests to our tools in ways that harm performance for other users
  • Use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law or regulation
  • Reproduce or republish our original content without permission

Free Tools — No Warranties

Our tools are provided free of charge on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no warranties, express or implied, about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose of the tools or their output.

You are responsible for verifying any information returned by our tools before acting on it. We strongly recommend cross-checking results with your own systems or other authoritative sources for anything that matters to your infrastructure or security.

Data You Submit

When you paste a certificate, CSR, or domain into our tools, you confirm that:

  • You own or are authorised to submit that certificate or domain for inspection
  • You understand the data is transmitted to our server for processing only, and is not stored

Do not submit certificates that contain private key data. Our tools only process public certificate information, but it is your responsibility to ensure you are not sharing sensitive key material.

Intellectual Property

All original content on this Site — including articles, tool designs, and written guides — is owned by SwitchFirewall unless otherwise stated. You may share links to our content freely. You may not copy, republish, or redistribute our original articles or tool code without written permission.

Third-party trademarks and brand names mentioned on this Site belong to their respective owners. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any vendor or company mentioned in our articles unless explicitly stated.

Advertising

This Site displays advertisements served by Google AdSense and potentially other ad networks. These ads help keep the Site free. We do not control the content of third-party advertisements. Clicking on ads is at your own discretion.

External Links

This Site may link to external websites for reference purposes. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or availability of external sites. Links are provided for convenience only and do not imply endorsement.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, SwitchFirewall and its operators shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from your use of this Site, including but not limited to:

  • Errors or inaccuracies in tool output
  • Downtime or unavailability of the Site or tools
  • Any decisions made based on information from this Site

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by applicable laws. Any disputes will be resolved in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which SwitchFirewall operates. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply.

Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us at:
switchfirewall@gmail.com