libressl-OCSP_request_add1_nonce(3)

libressl-OCSP_request_add1_nonce3

Ocsp nonce functions

Usage

Crypto Library (libcrypto, -lcrypto)

#include <openssl/ocsp.h>

int

OCSP_request_add1_nonce(OCSP_REQUEST *req, unsigned char *val, int len);

int

OCSP_basic_add1_nonce(OCSP_BASICRESP *resp, unsigned char *val, int len);

int

OCSP_check_nonce(OCSP_REQUEST *req, OCSP_BASICRESP *resp);

int

OCSP_copy_nonce(OCSP_BASICRESP *resp, OCSP_REQUEST *req);

Overview

An OCSP nonce is typically added to an OCSP request to thwart replay attacks by checking the same nonce value appears in the response.

OCSP_request_add1_nonce() adds a nonce of value val and length len to OCSP request req. If val is NULL, a random nonce is used. If len is zero or negative, a default length will be used (currently 16 bytes). For most purposes the nonce value in a request is set to a random value so the val parameter in OCSP_request_add1_nonce() is usually NULL.

OCSP_basic_add1_nonce() is identical to OCSP_request_add1_nonce() except it adds a nonce to OCSP basic response resp.

OCSP_check_nonce() compares the nonce value in req and resp.

OCSP_copy_nonce() copies any nonce value present in req to resp.

Some responders may include a nonce in all responses even if one is not supplied.

Some responders cache OCSP responses and do not sign each response for performance reasons. As a result they do not support nonces.

Return values

OCSP_request_add1_nonce() and OCSP_basic_add1_nonce() return 1 for success or 0 for failure.

OCSP_copy_nonce() returns 1 if a nonce was successfully copied, 2 if no nonce was present in req, or 0 if an error occurred.

OCSP_check_nonce() returns positive values for success: 1 if nonces are present and equal, 2 if both nonces are absent, or 3 if a nonce is present in the response only. A zero return value indicates that both nonces are present but mismatch: this should be treated as an error condition. A return value of -1 indicates that a nonce is present in the request only: this will happen if the responder doesn't support nonces.

History

These functions first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and have been available since OpenBSD 3.2.

From libressl 4.4.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.