how to know if https server is one way ssl or two way ssl

Question

Since I am new to this SSL I am asking this question. I googled and got this below mentioned HTTPS server python script. May I please know if its one way SSL or Two way SSL? And also how do I take dump to see the communication between client and server?

My requirement is to have one way SSL.

import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer
import ssl

httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('localhost', 4443), SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket (httpd.socket, certfile='path/to/localhost.pem', server_side=True)
httpd.serve_forever()

Answer 1

May I please know if its one way SSL or Two way SSL

This is one-way, ie the server is sending its certificate but not requesting a certificate from the client. The server could request a client certificate by adding cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED to the call of ssl_wrap .

And also how do I take dump to see the communication between client and server?

Use the packet capture tool of your choice and which is supported on your unknown platform. wireshark is a good choice and you will find plenty of documentation about how to use it.