1X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags(3) OpenSSL X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags(3)
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6 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags, X509_VERIFY_PARAM_clear_flags,
7 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_get_flags, X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_purpose,
8 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_trust, X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_depth,
9 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_get_depth, X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_time,
10 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy, X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies,
11 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host, X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add1_host,
12 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_hostflags, X509_VERIFY_PARAM_get0_peername,
13 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_email, X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_ip,
14 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_ip_asc - X509 verification parameters
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17 #include <openssl/x509_vfy.h>
18 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param, unsigned long flags);
20 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_clear_flags(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param,
21 unsigned long flags);
22 unsigned long X509_VERIFY_PARAM_get_flags(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param);
23 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_purpose(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param, int purpose);
25 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_trust(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param, int trust);
26 void X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_time(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param, time_t t);
28 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param,
30 ASN1_OBJECT *policy);
31 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param,
32 STACK_OF(ASN1_OBJECT) *policies);
33 void X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_depth(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param, int depth);
35 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_get_depth(const X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param);
36 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param,
38 const char *name, size_t namelen);
39 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add1_host(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param,
40 const char *name, size_t namelen);
41 void X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_hostflags(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param,
42 unsigned int flags);
43 char *X509_VERIFY_PARAM_get0_peername(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param);
44 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_email(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param,
45 const char *email, size_t emaillen);
46 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_ip(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param,
47 const unsigned char *ip, size_t iplen);
48 int X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_ip_asc(X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param, const char *ipasc);
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51 These functions manipulate the X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure associated
52 with a certificate verification operation.
53 The X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags() function sets the flags in param by
55 oring it with flags. See the VERIFICATION FLAGS section for a complete
56 description of values the flags parameter can take.
57 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_get_flags() returns the flags in param.
59 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_clear_flags() clears the flags flags in param.
61 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_purpose() sets the verification purpose in param
63 to purpose. This determines the acceptable purpose of the certificate
64 chain, for example SSL client or SSL server.
65 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_trust() sets the trust setting in param to trust.
67 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_time() sets the verification time in param to t.
69 Normally the current time is used.
70 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() enables policy checking (it is disabled
72 by default) and adds policy to the acceptable policy set.
73 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies() enables policy checking (it is
75 disabled by default) and sets the acceptable policy set to policies.
76 Any existing policy set is cleared. The policies parameter can be NULL
77 to clear an existing policy set.
78 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_depth() sets the maximum verification depth to
80 depth. That is the maximum number of untrusted CA certificates that
81 can appear in a chain.
82 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host() sets the expected DNS hostname to name
84 clearing any previously specified host name or names. If name is NULL,
85 or empty the list of hostnames is cleared, and name checks are not
86 performed on the peer certificate. If name is NUL-terminated, namelen
87 may be zero, otherwise namelen must be set to the length of name. When
88 a hostname is specified, certificate verification automatically invokes
89 X509_check_host(3) with flags equal to the flags argument given to
90 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_hostflags() (default zero). Applications are
91 strongly advised to use this interface in preference to explicitly
92 calling X509_check_host(3), hostname checks are out of scope with the
93 DANE-EE(3) certificate usage, and the internal check will be suppressed
94 as appropriate when DANE support is added to OpenSSL.
95 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add1_host() adds name as an additional reference
97 identifer that can match the peer's certificate. Any previous names
98 set via X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host() or X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add1_host()
99 are retained, no change is made if name is NULL or empty. When
100 multiple names are configured, the peer is considered verified when any
101 name matches.
102 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_get0_peername() returns the DNS hostname or subject
104 CommonName from the peer certificate that matched one of the reference
105 identifiers. When wildcard matching is not disabled, or when a
106 reference identifier specifies a parent domain (starts with ".")
107 rather than a hostname, the peer name may be a wildcard name or a sub-
108 domain of the reference identifier respectively. The return string is
109 allocated by the library and is no longer valid once the associated
110 param argument is freed. Applications must not free the return value.
111 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_email() sets the expected RFC822 email address
113 to email. If email is NUL-terminated, emaillen may be zero, otherwise
114 emaillen must be set to the length of email. When an email address is
115 specified, certificate verification automatically invokes
116 X509_check_email(3).
117 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_ip() sets the expected IP address to ip. The ip
119 argument is in binary format, in network byte-order and iplen must be
120 set to 4 for IPv4 and 16 for IPv6. When an IP address is specified,
121 certificate verification automatically invokes X509_check_ip(3).
122 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_ip_asc() sets the expected IP address to ipasc.
124 The ipasc argument is a NUL-terminal ASCII string: dotted decimal quad
125 for IPv4 and colon-separated hexadecimal for IPv6. The condensed "::"
126 notation is supported for IPv6 addresses.
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129 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags(), X509_VERIFY_PARAM_clear_flags(),
130 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_purpose(), X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_trust(),
131 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_policies(),
132 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host(), X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_hostflags(),
133 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_email(), X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_ip() and
134 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_ip_asc() return 1 for success and 0 for failure.
135 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_get_flags() returns the current verification flags.
137 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_time() and X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_depth() do not
139 return values.
140 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_get_depth() returns the current verification depth.
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144 The verification flags consists of zero or more of the following flags
145 ored together.
146 X509_V_FLAG_CRL_CHECK enables CRL checking for the certificate chain
148 leaf certificate. An error occurs if a suitable CRL cannot be found.
149 X509_V_FLAG_CRL_CHECK_ALL enables CRL checking for the entire
151 certificate chain.
152 X509_V_FLAG_IGNORE_CRITICAL disabled critical extension checking. By
154 default any unhandled critical extensions in certificates or (if
155 checked) CRLs results in a fatal error. If this flag is set unhandled
156 critical extensions are ignored. WARNING setting this option for
157 anything other than debugging purposes can be a security risk. Finer
158 control over which extensions are supported can be performed in the
159 verification callback.
160 THe X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT flag disables workarounds for some broken
162 certificates and makes the verification strictly apply X509 rules.
163 X509_V_FLAG_ALLOW_PROXY_CERTS enables proxy certificate verification.
165 X509_V_FLAG_POLICY_CHECK enables certificate policy checking, by
167 default no policy checking is peformed. Additional information is sent
168 to the verification callback relating to policy checking.
169 X509_V_FLAG_EXPLICIT_POLICY, X509_V_FLAG_INHIBIT_ANY and
171 X509_V_FLAG_INHIBIT_MAP set the require explicit policy, inhibit any
172 policy and inhibit policy mapping flags respectively as defined in
173 RFC3280. Policy checking is automatically enabled if any of these flags
174 are set.
175 If X509_V_FLAG_NOTIFY_POLICY is set and the policy checking is
177 successful a special status code is set to the verification callback.
178 This permits it to examine the valid policy tree and perform additional
179 checks or simply log it for debugging purposes.
180 By default some additional features such as indirect CRLs and CRLs
182 signed by different keys are disabled. If
183 X509_V_FLAG_EXTENDED_CRL_SUPPORT is set they are enabled.
184 If X509_V_FLAG_USE_DELTAS ise set delta CRLs (if present) are used to
186 determine certificate status. If not set deltas are ignored.
187 X509_V_FLAG_CHECK_SS_SIGNATURE enables checking of the root CA self
189 signed cerificate signature. By default this check is disabled because
190 it doesn't add any additional security but in some cases applications
191 might want to check the signature anyway. A side effect of not checking
192 the root CA signature is that disabled or unsupported message digests
193 on the root CA are not treated as fatal errors.
194 The X509_V_FLAG_CB_ISSUER_CHECK flag enables debugging of certificate
196 issuer checks. It is not needed unless you are logging certificate
197 verification. If this flag is set then additional status codes will be
198 sent to the verification callback and it must be prepared to handle
199 such cases without assuming they are hard errors.
200 The X509_V_FLAG_NO_ALT_CHAINS flag suppresses checking for alternative
202 chains. By default, when building a certificate chain, if the first
203 certificate chain found is not trusted, then OpenSSL will continue to
204 check to see if an alternative chain can be found that is trusted. With
205 this flag set the behaviour will match that of OpenSSL versions prior
206 to 1.0.2b.
207 The X509_V_FLAG_TRUSTED_FIRST flag causes chain construction to look
209 for issuers in the trust store before looking at the untrusted
210 certificates provided as part of the the peer chain. Though it is not
211 on by default in OpenSSL 1.0.2, applications should generally set this
212 flag. Local issuer certificates are often more likely to satisfy local
213 security requirements and lead to a locally trusted root. This is
214 especially important When some certificates in the trust store have
215 explicit trust settings (see "TRUST SETTINGS" in x509(1)).
216 The X509_V_FLAG_PARTIAL_CHAIN flag causes intermediate certificates in
218 the trust store to be treated as trust-anchors, in the same way as the
219 self-signed root CA certificates. This makes it possible to trust
220 certificates issued by an intermediate CA without having to trust its
221 ancestor root CA. With OpenSSL 1.0.2, chain construction continues as
222 long as there are additional trusted issuers in the trust store, and
223 the last trusted issuer becomes the trust-anchor. Thus, even when an
224 intermediate certificate is found in the trust store, the verified
225 chain passed to callbacks may still be anchored by a root CA.
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228 The above functions should be used to manipulate verification
229 parameters instead of legacy functions which work in specific
230 structures such as X509_STORE_CTX_set_flags().
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233 Delta CRL checking is currently primitive. Only a single delta can be
234 used and (partly due to limitations of X509_STORE) constructed CRLs are
235 not maintained.
236 If CRLs checking is enable CRLs are expected to be available in the
238 corresponding X509_STORE structure. No attempt is made to download CRLs
239 from the CRL distribution points extension.
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242 Enable CRL checking when performing certificate verification during SSL
243 connections associated with an SSL_CTX structure ctx:
244 X509_VERIFY_PARAM *param;
246 param = X509_VERIFY_PARAM_new();
247 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_flags(param, X509_V_FLAG_CRL_CHECK);
248 SSL_CTX_set1_param(ctx, param);
249 X509_VERIFY_PARAM_free(param);
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252 X509_verify_cert(3), X509_check_host(3), X509_check_email(3),
253 X509_check_ip(3), x509(1)
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256 The X509_V_FLAG_NO_ALT_CHAINS flag was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2b
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