gnutls_x509_crt_get_serial

Section: gnutls (3)
Updated: 2.8.5
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NAME

gnutls_x509_crt_get_serial - This function returns the certificate's serial number

SYNOPSIS

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

int gnutls_x509_crt_get_serial(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert, void * result, size_t * result_size);

ARGUMENTS

gnutls_x509_crt_t cert: should contain a gnutls_x509_crt_t structure
void * result: The place where the serial number will be copied
size_t * result_size: Holds the size of the result field.

DESCRIPTION

This function will return the X.509 certificate's serial number. This is obtained by the X509 Certificate serialNumber field. Serial is not always a 32 or 64bit number. Some CAs use large serial numbers, thus it may be wise to handle it as something opaque.

RETURNS

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS is returned, otherwise a negative error value.and a negative value in case of an error.

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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