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- .IX Title "X509_VERIFY_CERT 3ossl"
- .TH X509_VERIFY_CERT 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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- .if n .ad l
- .nh
- .SH "NAME"
- X509_build_chain,
- X509_verify_cert,
- X509_STORE_CTX_verify \- build and verify X509 certificate chain
- .SH "SYNOPSIS"
- .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
- .Vb 1
- \& #include <openssl/x509_vfy.h>
- \&
- \& STACK_OF(X509) *X509_build_chain(X509 *target, STACK_OF(X509) *certs,
- \& X509_STORE *store, int with_self_signed,
- \& OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);
- \& int X509_verify_cert(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx);
- \& int X509_STORE_CTX_verify(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx);
- .Ve
- .SH "DESCRIPTION"
- .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
- \&\fBX509_build_chain()\fR builds a certificate chain starting from \fItarget\fR
- using the optional list of intermediate \s-1CA\s0 certificates \fIcerts\fR.
- If \fIstore\fR is \s-1NULL\s0 it builds the chain as far down as possible, ignoring errors.
- Else the chain must reach a trust anchor contained in \fIstore\fR.
- It internally uses a \fBX509_STORE_CTX\fR structure associated with the library
- context \fIlibctx\fR and property query string \fIpropq\fR, both of which may be \s-1NULL.\s0
- In case there is more than one possibility for the chain, only one is taken.
- .PP
- On success it returns a pointer to a new stack of (up_ref'ed) certificates
- starting with \fItarget\fR and followed by all available intermediate certificates.
- A self-signed trust anchor is included only if \fItarget\fR is the trust anchor
- of \fIwith_self_signed\fR is 1.
- If a non-NULL stack is returned the caller is responsible for freeing it.
- .PP
- The \fBX509_verify_cert()\fR function attempts to discover and validate a
- certificate chain based on parameters in \fIctx\fR.
- The verification context, of type \fBX509_STORE_CTX\fR, can be constructed
- using \fBX509_STORE_CTX_new\fR\|(3) and \fBX509_STORE_CTX_init\fR\|(3).
- It usually includes a target certificate to be verified,
- a set of certificates serving as trust anchors,
- a list of non-trusted certificates that may be helpful for chain construction,
- flags such as X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT, and various other optional components
- such as a callback function that allows customizing the verification outcome.
- A complete description of the certificate verification process is contained in
- the \fBopenssl\-verification\-options\fR\|(1) manual page.
- .PP
- Applications rarely call this function directly but it is used by
- OpenSSL internally for certificate validation, in both the S/MIME and
- \&\s-1SSL/TLS\s0 code.
- .PP
- A negative return value from \fBX509_verify_cert()\fR can occur if it is invoked
- incorrectly, such as with no certificate set in \fIctx\fR, or when it is called
- twice in succession without reinitialising \fIctx\fR for the second call.
- A negative return value can also happen due to internal resource problems
- or because an internal inconsistency has been detected.
- Applications must interpret any return value <= 0 as an error.
- .PP
- The \fBX509_STORE_CTX_verify()\fR behaves like \fBX509_verify_cert()\fR except that its
- target certificate is the first element of the list of untrusted certificates
- in \fIctx\fR unless a target certificate is set explicitly.
- .PP
- When the verification target is a raw public key, rather than a certificate,
- both functions validate the target raw public key.
- In that case the number of possible checks is significantly reduced.
- The raw public key can be authenticated only via \s-1DANE TLSA\s0 records, either
- locally synthesised or obtained by the application from \s-1DNS.\s0
- Raw public key \s-1DANE TLSA\s0 records may be added via \fBSSL_add_expected_rpk\fR\|(3) or
- \&\fBSSL_dane_tlsa_add\fR\|(3).
- .SH "RETURN VALUES"
- .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
- \&\fBX509_build_chain()\fR returns \s-1NULL\s0 on error, else a stack of certificates.
- .PP
- Both \fBX509_verify_cert()\fR and \fBX509_STORE_CTX_verify()\fR
- return 1 if a complete chain can be built and validated,
- otherwise they return 0, and in exceptional circumstances (such as malloc
- failure and internal errors) they can also return a negative code.
- .PP
- If a complete chain can be built and validated both functions return 1.
- If the certificate must be rejected on the basis of the data available
- or any required certificate status data is not available they return 0.
- If no definite answer possible they usually return a negative code.
- .PP
- On error or failure additional error information can be obtained by
- examining \fIctx\fR using, for example, \fBX509_STORE_CTX_get_error\fR\|(3). Even if
- verification indicated success, the stored error code may be different from
- X509_V_OK, likely because a verification callback function has waived the error.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
- \&\fBSSL_add_expected_rpk\fR\|(3),
- \&\fBSSL_CTX_dane_enable\fR\|(3),
- \&\fBSSL_dane_tlsa_add\fR\|(3),
- \&\fBX509_STORE_CTX_new\fR\|(3),
- \&\fBX509_STORE_CTX_init\fR\|(3),
- \&\fBX509_STORE_CTX_init_rpk\fR\|(3),
- \&\fBX509_STORE_CTX_get_error\fR\|(3)
- .SH "HISTORY"
- .IX Header "HISTORY"
- \&\fBX509_build_chain()\fR and \fBX509_STORE_CTX_verify()\fR were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
- .SH "COPYRIGHT"
- .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
- Copyright 2009\-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
- .PP
- Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
- this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
- in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
- <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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