gnutls_x509_crt_verify

Section: gnutls (3)
Updated: 2.8.5
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NAME

gnutls_x509_crt_verify - This function verifies the given certificate against a given trusted one

SYNOPSIS

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

int gnutls_x509_crt_verify(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert, const gnutls_x509_crt_t * CA_list, int CA_list_length, unsigned int flags, unsigned int * verify);

ARGUMENTS

gnutls_x509_crt_t cert: is the certificate to be verified
const gnutls_x509_crt_t * CA_list: is one certificate that is considered to be trusted one
int CA_list_length: holds the number of CA certificate in CA_list
unsigned int flags: Flags that may be used to change the verification algorithm. Use OR of the gnutls_certificate_verify_flags enumerations.
unsigned int * verify: will hold the certificate verification output.

DESCRIPTION

This function will try to verify the given certificate and return its status. The verification output in this functions cannot be GNUTLS_CERT_NOT_VALID.

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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