gnutls_x509_name_constraints_check_crt3
Api function
Usage
#include <gnutls/x509.h>
unsigned gnutls_x509_name_constraints_check_crt(gnutls_x509_name_constraints_t nc, gnutls_x509_subject_alt_name_t type, gnutls_x509_crt_t cert);
Arguments
gnutls_x509_name_constraints_t nc
|
the extracted name constraints |
|---|---|
gnutls_x509_subject_alt_name_t type
|
the type of the constraint to check (of type gnutls_x509_subject_alt_name_t) |
gnutls_x509_crt_t cert
|
the certificate to be checked |
Overview
This function will check the provided certificate names against the constraints in
nc using the RFC5280 rules. It will traverse all the certificate's names and alternative names.
Currently this function is limited to DNS names and emails (of type GNUTLS_SAN_DNSNAME and GNUTLS_SAN_RFC822NAME).
Returns
zero if the provided name is not acceptable, and non-zero otherwise.
Since
3.3.0
Releases
7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.