gnutls_certificate_get_peers

Section: gnutls (3)
Updated: 2.8.5
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NAME

gnutls_certificate_get_peers - return the peer's raw certificate

SYNOPSIS

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

const gnutls_datum_t * gnutls_certificate_get_peers(gnutls_session_t session, unsigned int * list_size);

ARGUMENTS

gnutls_session_t session: is a gnutls session
unsigned int * list_size: is the length of the certificate list

DESCRIPTION

Get the peer's raw certificate (chain) as sent by the peer. These certificates are in raw format (DER encoded for X.509). In case of a X.509 then a certificate list may be present. The first certificate in the list is the peer's certificate, following the issuer's certificate, then the issuer's issuer etc.

In case of OpenPGP keys a single key will be returned in raw format.

RETURNS

return a pointer to a gnutls_datum_t containing our certificates, or NULL in case of an error or if no certificate was used.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnutls@gnu.org>. GnuTLS home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/ General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

COPYRIGHT

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