1NE_SSL_SET_VERIFY(3)          neon API reference          NE_SSL_SET_VERIFY(3)
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NAME

6       ne_ssl_set_verify - register an SSL certificate verification callback
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <ne_session.h>
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11       typedef int ne_ssl_verify_fn(void *userdata, int failures,
12                                    const ne_ssl_certificate *cert);
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14       void ne_ssl_set_verify(ne_session *session, ne_ssl_verify_fn verify_fn,
15                              void *userdata);
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DESCRIPTION

18       To enable manual SSL certificate verification, a callback can be
19       registered using ne_ssl_set_verify. If such a callback is not
20       registered, when a connection is established to an SSL server which
21       does not present a certificate signed by a trusted CA (see
22       ne_ssl_trust_cert), or if the certificate presented is invalid in some
23       way, the connection will fail.
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25       When the callback is invoked, the failures parameter gives a bitmask
26       indicating in what way the automatic certificate verification failed.
27       The value is equal to the bit-wise OR of one or more of the following
28       constants (and is guaranteed to be non-zero):
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30       NE_SSL_NOTYETVALID
31           The certificate is not yet valid.
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33       NE_SSL_EXPIRED
34           The certificate has expired.
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36       NE_SSL_IDMISMATCH
37           The hostname used for the session does not match the hostname to
38           which the certificate was issued.
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40       NE_SSL_UNTRUSTED
41           The Certificate Authority which signed the certificate is not
42           trusted.
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44       Note that if either of the NE_SSL_IDMISMATCH or NE_SSL_UNTRUSTED
45       failures is given, the connection may have been intercepted by a third
46       party, and must not be presumed to be “secure”.
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48       The cert parameter passed to the callback represents the certificate
49       which was presented by the server. If the server presented a chain of
50       certificates, the chain can be accessed using ne_ssl_cert_signedby. The
51       cert object given is not valid after the callback returns.
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RETURN VALUE

54       The verification callback must return zero to indicate that the
55       certificate should be trusted; and non-zero otherwise (in which case,
56       the connection will fail).
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EXAMPLES

59       The following code implements an example verification callback, using
60       the dump_cert function from ne_ssl_cert_subject to display
61       certification information. Notice that the hostname of the server used
62       for the session is passed as the userdata parameter to the callback.
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64           static int
65           my_verify(void *userdata, int failures, const ne_ssl_certificate *cert)
66           {
67             const char *hostname = userdata;
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69             dump_cert(cert);
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71             puts("Certificate verification failed - the connection may have been "
72                  "intercepted by a third party!");
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74             if (failures & NE_SSL_IDMISMATCH) {
75               const char *id = ne_ssl_cert_identity(cert);
76               if (id)
77                 printf("Server certificate was issued to ´%s´ not ´%s´.\n",
78                        id, hostname);
79               else
80                 printf("The certificate was not issued for ´%s´\n", hostname);
81             }
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83             if (failures & NE_SSL_UNTRUSTED)
84               puts("The certificate is not signed by a trusted Certificate Authority.");
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86             /* ... check for validity failures ... */
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88             if (prompt_user())
89               return 1; /* fail verification */
90             else
91               return 0; /* trust the certificate anyway */
92           }
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94           int
95           main(...)
96           {
97             ne_session *sess = ne_session_create("https", "some.host.name", 443);
98             ne_ssl_set_verify(sess, my_verify, "some.host.name");
99             ...
100           }
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SEE ALSO

103       ne_ssl_trust_cert, ne_ssl_readable_dname, ne_ssl_cert_subject
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AUTHOR

106       Joe Orton <neon@lists.manyfish.co.uk>
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110neon 0.29.5                     14 October 2010           NE_SSL_SET_VERIFY(3)
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