gnutls_openpgp_key_verify_ring(3)

gnutls_openpgp_key_verify_ring3

Verify all signatures in the key

Usage

#include <gnutls/openpgp.h>

int gnutls_openpgp_key_verify_ring(gnutls_openpgp_key_t key, gnutls_openpgp_keyring_t keyring, unsigned int flags, unsigned int * verify);

Arguments

gnutls_openpgp_key_t key

the structure that holds the key.

gnutls_openpgp_keyring_t keyring

holds the keyring to check against

unsigned int flags

unused (should be 0)

unsigned int * verify

will hold the certificate verification output.

Overview

Verify all signatures in the key, using the given set of keys (keyring).

The key verification output will be put in verify and will be one or more of the gnutls_certificate_status_t enumerated elements bitwise or'd.

Gnutls_cert_invalid

A signature on the key is invalid.

Gnutls_cert_revoked

The key has been revoked.

Note that this function does not verify using any "web of trust". You may use GnuPG for that purpose, or any other external PGP application.

Returns 0 on success.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From gnutls-doc 1.4.4-3+etch5 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.