Credential handle management -
Create/Destroy/Modify a GSI Credential Handle.
Within the Globus GSI Credential Library, all credential operations require a handle parameter. Currently only one operation may be in progress at once per credential handle.
This section defines operations to create, modify and destroy GSI Credential handles.
GSI Credential Handle.
A GSI Credential handle keeps track of state relating to a credential. Handles can have immutable attributes associated with them. All credential operations take a credential handle pointer as a parameter.
See also:
globus_gsi_cred_handle_init(), globus_gsi_cred_handle_destroy(), globus_gsi_cred_handle_attrs_t
Get the credential's certificate. Get the certificate of a credential
Parameters:
handle The credential handle to get the certificate from
cert The resulting X509 certificate, a duplicate of the certificate in the credential handle. This variable should be freed when the user is finished with it using the function X509_free.
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, otherwise an error object id is returned
Get the certificate chain. Get the certificate chain of the credential handle
Parameters:
handle The credential handle containing the certificate chain to get
cert_chain The certificate chain to set as a duplicate of the cert chain in the credential handle. This variable (or the variable it points to) needs to be freed when the user is finished with it using sk_X509_free.
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, otherwise an error object id is returned
Get credential expiration. This function retrieves the expiration time of the credential contained in the handle
Parameters:
cred_handle The credential handle to retrieve the expiration time from
goodtill Contains the expiration time on return
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS or an error captured in a globus_result_t
Get the handle attributes. This function retrieves a copy of the credential handle attributes
Parameters:
handle The credential handle to retrieve the attributes from
attrs Contains the credential attributes on return
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS or an error captured in a globus_result_t
Get identity name. Get the identity's subject name from the credential handle
Parameters:
handle The credential handle containing the certificate to get the identity of
identity_name The identity certificate's subject name
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, otherwise an error object identifier is returned
Get issuer name. Get the issuer's subject name from the credential handle
Parameters:
handle The credential handle containing the certificate to get the issuer of
issuer_name The issuer certificate's subject name
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, otherwise an error object identifier is returned
Get the credential's private key. Get the credential handle's private key
Parameters:
handle The credential handle containing the private key to get
key The private key which after this function returns is set to a duplicate of the private key of the credential handle. This variable needs to be freed by the user when it is no longer used via the function EVP_PKEY_free.
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS or an error object identifier
Get credential strength. This function retrieves the key strength of the credential contained in a handle
Parameters:
cred_handle The credential handle to retrieve the strength from
key_bits Contains the number of bits in the key on return
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS or an error captured in a globus_result_t
Get credential lifetime. This function retrieves the lifetime of the credential contained in a handle
Parameters:
cred_handle The credential handle to retrieve the lifetime from
lifetime Contains the lifetime on return
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS or an error captured in a globus_result_t
Get certificate chain policies. Get the Policies from the Cert Chain in the handle. The policies will be null-terminated as they are added to the handle. If a policy for a cert in the chain doesn't exist, the string in the stack will be set to the static string GLOBUS_NULL_POLICIES
Parameters:
handle the handle to get the cert chain containing the policies
policies the stack of policies retrieved from the handle's cert chain
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS or an error object if an error occurred
Get certificate chain policy languages. Get the policy languages from the cert chain in the handle.
Parameters:
handle the handle to get the cert chain containing the policies
policy_languages the stack of policies retrieved from the handle's cert chain
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS or an error object if an error occurred
Get credential subject name. Get the credential handle's certificate subject name
Parameters:
handle The credential handle containing the certificate to get the subject name of
subject_name The subject name as a string. This should be freed using OPENSSL_free() when the user is finished with it
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, a error object id otherwise
Get X.509 identity. Get the identity's X.509 subject name from the credential handle
Parameters:
handle The credential handle containing the certificate to get the identity from
identity_name The identity certificate's X509 subject name
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, otherwise an error object identifier is returned
Get credential issuer name object. Get the credential handle's certificate issuer name
Parameters:
handle The credential handle containing the certificate to get the issuer name of
issuer_name The issuer name as an X509_NAME object. This should be freed using X509_NAME_free when the user is finished with it
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, a error object id otherwise
Get credential subject name. Get the credential handle's certificate subject name
Parameters:
handle The credential handle containing the certificate to get the subject name of
subject_name The subject name as an X509_NAME object. This should be freed using X509_NAME_free when the user is finished with it
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, a error object id otherwise
Copy a handle. Copies a credential handle.
Parameters:
source The handle to be copied
dest The destination of the copy
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS or an error captured in a globus_result_t
Destroy the credential handle. Destroys the credential handle
Parameters:
handle The credential handle to be destroyed
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS
Initialize a Handle. Initializes a credential handle to be used credential handling functions. Takes a set of handle attributes that are immutable to the handle. The handle attributes are only pointed to by the handle, so the lifetime of the attributes needs to be as long as that of the handle.
Parameters:
handle The handle to be initialized
handle_attrs The immutable attributes of the handle
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS or an error captured in a globus_result_t
Set the credential's certificate. Set the Credential's Certificate. The X509 cert that is passed in should be a valid X509 certificate object
Parameters:
handle The credential handle to set the certificate on
cert The X509 cert to set in the cred handle. The cert passed in can be NULL which will set the cert in the handle to NULL, freeing the current cert in the handle.
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS or an error object id if an error
Set the certificate chain. Set the certificate chain of the credential handle
Parameters:
handle The handle containing the certificate chain field to set
cert_chain The certificate chain to set the handle's certificate chain to
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, otherwise an error object id is returned
Set the credential's private key. Set the private key of the credential handle.
Parameters:
handle The handle on which to set the key.
key The private key to set the handle's key to. This value can be NULL, in which case the current handle's key is freed.
Verify a credential. This function checks that the certificate is signed by the public key of the issuer cert (the first cert in the chain). Note that this function DOES NOT check the private key or the public of the certificate, as stated in a previous version of the documentation.
Parameters:
handle The credential handle containing the certificate and key to be validated
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, otherwise an error object identifier is returned
Verify credential. This function performs path validation on the certificate chain contained in the credential handle.
Parameters:
cred_handle The credential handle containing the certificate chain to be validated
callback_data A initialized callback data structure
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, otherwise an error object identifier is returned
Verify credential at a specific time. This function performs path validation on the certificate chain contained in the credential handle. Expiration checks are done at the time given.
Parameters:
cred_handle The credential handle containing the certificate chain to be validated
callback_data_in A callback data structure. If NULL, one will be initialized with only the default cert dir set.
check_time Check if the cert chain was valid at this time. Set to 0 to use a time that the cert is valid, essentially bypassing the expiration check.
Returns:
GLOBUS_SUCCESS if no error, otherwise an error object identifier is returned
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