libressl-SSL_get_verify_result(3)

libressl-SSL_get_verify_result3

Get result of peer certificate verification

Usage

SSL Library (libssl, -lssl) libcrypto

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

long

SSL_get_verify_result(const SSL *ssl);

Overview

SSL_get_verify_result() returns the result of the verification of the X509 certificate presented by the peer, if any.

SSL_get_verify_result() can only return one error code while the verification of a certificate can fail because of many reasons at the same time. Only the last verification error that occurred during the processing is available from SSL_get_verify_result().

The verification result is part of the established session and is restored when a session is reused.

Return values

The following return values can currently occur:

X509_V_OK

The verification succeeded or no peer certificate was presented.

Any other value

Documented in openssl(1).

History

SSL_get_verify_result() first appeared in SSLeay 0.6.1 and has been available since OpenBSD 2.4.

Bugs

If no peer certificate was presented, the returned result code is X509_V_OK. This is because no verification error occurred; however, it does not indicate success. SSL_get_verify_result() is only useful in connection with SSL_get_peer_certificate(3).

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