SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(3) - NetBSD Manual Pages

SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(3) OpenSSLSSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(3)




NAME
SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback - set peer certificate verification procedure
LIBRARY
libcrypto, -lcrypto
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/ssl.h> void SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(SSL_CTX *ctx, int (*callback)(X509_STORE_CTX *,void *), void *arg);
DESCRIPTION
SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback() sets the verification callback func- tion for ctx. SSL objects that are created from ctx inherit the setting valid at the time when SSL_new(3) is called.
NOTES
Whenever a certificate is verified during a SSL/TLS handshake, a veri- fication function is called. If the application does not explicitly specify a verification callback function, the built-in verification function is used. If a verification callback callback is specified via SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(), the supplied callback function is called instead. By setting callback to NULL, the default behaviour is restored. When the verification must be performed, callback will be called with the arguments callback(X509_STORE_CTX *x509_store_ctx, void *arg). The argument arg is specified by the application when setting callback. callback should return 1 to indicate verification success and 0 to indicate verification failure. If SSL_VERIFY_PEER is set and callback returns 0, the handshake will fail. As the verification procedure may allow to continue the connection in case of failure (by always return- ing 1) the verification result must be set in any case using the error member of x509_store_ctx so that the calling application will be informed about the detailed result of the verification procedure! Within x509_store_ctx, callback has access to the verify_callback func- tion set using SSL_CTX_set_verify(3).
WARNINGS
Do not mix the verification callback described in this function with the verify_callback function called during the verification process. The latter is set using the SSL_CTX_set_verify(3) family of functions. Providing a complete verification procedure including certificate pur- pose settings etc is a complex task. The built-in procedure is quite powerful and in most cases it should be sufficient to modify its behav- iour using the verify_callback function.
BUGS

RETURN VALUES
SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback() does not provide diagnostic informa- tion.
SEE ALSO
ssl(3), SSL_CTX_set_verify(3), SSL_get_verify_result(3), SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3)
HISTORY
Previous to OpenSSL 0.9.7, the arg argument to SSL_CTX_set_cert_ver- ify_callback was ignored, and callback was called simply as int (*callback)(X509_STORE_CTX *) To compile software written for pre- vious versions of OpenSSL, a dummy argument will have to be added to callback. 0.9.9-dev 2003-07-2SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(3)

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