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  135. .IX Title "X509_CMP 3ossl"
  136. .TH X509_CMP 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. X509_cmp, X509_NAME_cmp,
  143. X509_issuer_and_serial_cmp, X509_issuer_name_cmp, X509_subject_name_cmp,
  144. X509_CRL_cmp, X509_CRL_match
  145. \&\- compare X509 certificates and related values
  146. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  147. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  148. .Vb 1
  149. \& #include <openssl/x509.h>
  150. \&
  151. \& int X509_cmp(const X509 *a, const X509 *b);
  152. \& int X509_NAME_cmp(const X509_NAME *a, const X509_NAME *b);
  153. \& int X509_issuer_and_serial_cmp(const X509 *a, const X509 *b);
  154. \& int X509_issuer_name_cmp(const X509 *a, const X509 *b);
  155. \& int X509_subject_name_cmp(const X509 *a, const X509 *b);
  156. \& int X509_CRL_cmp(const X509_CRL *a, const X509_CRL *b);
  157. \& int X509_CRL_match(const X509_CRL *a, const X509_CRL *b);
  158. .Ve
  159. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  160. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  161. This set of functions are used to compare X509 objects, including X509
  162. certificates, X509 \s-1CRL\s0 objects and various values in an X509 certificate.
  163. .PP
  164. The \fBX509_cmp()\fR function compares two \fBX509\fR objects indicated by parameters
  165. \&\fIa\fR and \fIb\fR. The comparison is based on the \fBmemcmp\fR result of the hash
  166. values of two \fBX509\fR objects and the canonical (\s-1DER\s0) encoding values.
  167. .PP
  168. The \fBX509_NAME_cmp()\fR function compares two \fBX509_NAME\fR objects indicated by
  169. parameters \fIa\fR and \fIb\fR, any of which may be \s-1NULL.\s0
  170. The comparison is based on the \fBmemcmp\fR result of the
  171. canonical (\s-1DER\s0) encoding values of the two objects using \fBi2d_X509_NAME\fR\|(3).
  172. This procedure adheres to the matching rules for Distinguished Names (\s-1DN\s0)
  173. given in \s-1RFC 4517\s0 section 4.2.15 and \s-1RFC 5280\s0 section 7.1.
  174. In particular, the order of Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs) is relevant.
  175. On the other hand, if an \s-1RDN\s0 is multi-valued, i.e., it contains a set of
  176. AttributeValueAssertions (AVAs), its members are effectively not ordered.
  177. .PP
  178. The \fBX509_issuer_and_serial_cmp()\fR function compares the serial number and issuer
  179. values in the given \fBX509\fR objects \fIa\fR and \fIb\fR.
  180. .PP
  181. The \fBX509_issuer_name_cmp()\fR, \fBX509_subject_name_cmp()\fR and \fBX509_CRL_cmp()\fR functions
  182. are effectively wrappers of the \fBX509_NAME_cmp()\fR function. These functions compare
  183. issuer names and subject names of the objects, or issuers of \fBX509_CRL\fR
  184. objects, respectively.
  185. .IX Xref "509"
  186. .PP
  187. The \fBX509_CRL_match()\fR function compares two \fBX509_CRL\fR objects. Unlike the
  188. \&\fBX509_CRL_cmp()\fR function, this function compares the whole \s-1CRL\s0 content instead
  189. of just the issuer name.
  190. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  191. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  192. The \fBX509\fR comparison functions return \fB\-1\fR, \fB0\fR, or \fB1\fR if object \fIa\fR is
  193. found to be less than, to match, or be greater than object \fIb\fR, respectively.
  194. .PP
  195. \&\fBX509_NAME_cmp()\fR, \fBX509_issuer_and_serial_cmp()\fR, \fBX509_issuer_name_cmp()\fR,
  196. \&\fBX509_subject_name_cmp()\fR, \fBX509_CRL_cmp()\fR, and \fBX509_CRL_match()\fR
  197. may return \fB\-2\fR to indicate an error.
  198. .SH "NOTES"
  199. .IX Header "NOTES"
  200. These functions in fact utilize the underlying \fBmemcmp\fR of the C library to do
  201. the comparison job. Data to be compared varies from \s-1DER\s0 encoding data, hash
  202. value or \fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR. The sign of the comparison can be used to order the
  203. objects but it does not have a special meaning in some cases.
  204. .PP
  205. \&\fBX509_NAME_cmp()\fR and wrappers utilize the value \fB\-2\fR to indicate errors in some
  206. circumstances, which could cause confusion for the applications.
  207. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  208. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  209. \&\fBi2d_X509_NAME\fR\|(3), \fBi2d_X509\fR\|(3)
  210. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  211. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  212. Copyright 2019\-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  213. .PP
  214. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  215. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  216. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  217. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.