gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer3
Api function
Usage
#include <gnutls/x509.h>
unsigned gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert, gnutls_x509_crt_t issuer);
Arguments
gnutls_x509_crt_t cert
|
is the certificate to be checked |
|---|---|
gnutls_x509_crt_t issuer
|
is the certificate of a possible issuer |
Overview
This function will check if the given certificate was issued by the given issuer. It checks the DN fields and the authority key identifier and subject key identifier fields match.
If the same certificate is provided at the cert and issuer fields, it will check whether the certificate is self-signed.
Returns
It will return true (1) if the given certificate is issued by the given issuer, and false (0) if not.
Releases
10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.