gnutls_certificate_verify_peers3(3)

Linux manual pages	Section 3: Subroutines

Name

gnutls_certificate_verify_peers3 — API function

Synopsis

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

`int gnutls_certificate_verify_peers3(`	gnutls_session_t `session`,
	const char * `hostname`,
	unsigned int * `status)`;

ARGUMENTS

gnutls_session_t session: is a gnutls session
const char * hostname: is the expected name of the peer; may be NULL
unsigned int * status: is the output of the verification

DESCRIPTION

This function will verify the peer's certificate and store the status in the status variable as a bitwise or'd gnutls_certificate_status_t values or zero if the certificate is trusted. Note that value in status is set only when the return value of this function is success (i.e, failure to trust a certificate does not imply a negative return value).

If the hostname provided is non−NULL then this function will compare the hostname in the certificate against the given. If they do not match the GNUTLS_CERT_UNEXPECTED_OWNER status flag will be set.

If available the OCSP Certificate Status extension will be utilized by this function.

To avoid denial of service attacks some default upper limits regarding the certificate key size and chain size are set. To override them use gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits().

RETURNS

a negative error code on error and GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) on success.

SINCE

3.1.4

REPORTING BUGS

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