ne_ssl_readable_dname(3) [debian man page]

NE_SSL_DNAME(3) 						neon API reference						   NE_SSL_DNAME(3)

NAME

       ne_ssl_readable_dname, ne_ssl_dname_cmp - SSL distinguished name handling

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ne_ssl.h>

       const char *ne_ssl_readable_dname(const ne_ssl_dname *dname);

       int ne_ssl_dname_cmp(const ne_ssl_dname *dn1, const ne_ssl_dname *dn2);

DESCRIPTION

       The ne_ssl_readable_dname function creates a single-line, human-readable string out of an ne_ssl_dname object. The returned string is
       malloc()-allocated, and must be free()d by the caller.

       The ne_ssl_dname_cmp function compares two distinguished names, and returns zero if they are equal, or non-zero otherwise.

RETURN VALUE

       ne_ssl_readable_dname returns a malloc-allocated string, and never NULL.

EXAMPLES

       See ne_ssl_cert_subject for an example use of ne_ssl_readable_dname.

SEE ALSO

       ne_ssl_cert_subject

AUTHOR

       Joe Orton <neon@lists.manyfish.co.uk>
	   Author.

COPYRIGHT

neon 0.29.6							    3 May 2011							   NE_SSL_DNAME(3)

NE_SSL_CERT_IDENTITY(3) 					neon API reference					   NE_SSL_CERT_IDENTITY(3)

NAME

       ne_ssl_cert_identity, ne_ssl_cert_signedby, ne_ssl_cert_issuer, ne_ssl_cert_subject - functions to access certificate properties

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ne_ssl.h>

       const char *ne_ssl_cert_identity(const ne_ssl_certificate *cert);

       const ne_ssl_certificate *ne_ssl_cert_signedby(const ne_ssl_certificate *cert);

       const ne_ssl_dname *ne_ssl_cert_subject(const ne_ssl_certificate *cert);

       const ne_ssl_dname *ne_ssl_cert_issuer(const ne_ssl_certificate *cert);

DESCRIPTION

       The function ne_ssl_cert_identity retrieves the "identity" of a certificate; for an SSL server certificate, this will be the hostname for
       which the certificate was issued. In PKI parlance, the identity is the common name attribute of the distinguished name of the certificate
       subject.

       The functions ne_ssl_cert_subject and ne_ssl_cert_issuer can be used to access the objects representing the distinguished name of the
       subject and of the issuer of a certificate, respectively.

       If a certificate object is part of a certificate chain, then ne_ssl_cert_signedby can be used to find the certificate which signed a
       particular certificate. For a self-signed certificate or a certificate for which the full chain is not available, this function will return
       NULL.

RETURN VALUE

       ne_ssl_cert_issuer and ne_ssl_cert_subject are guaranteed to never return NULL.	ne_ssl_cert_identity may return NULL if the certificate
       has no specific "identity".  ne_ssl_cert_signedby may return NULL as covered above.

EXAMPLES

       The following function could be used to display information about a given certificate:

	   void dump_cert(const ne_ssl_certificate *cert) {
	     const char *id = ne_ssl_cert_identity(cert);
	     char *dn;

	     if (id)
	       printf("Certificate was issued for '%s'.
", id);

	     dn = ne_ssl_readable_dname(ne_ssl_cert_subject(cert));
	     printf("Subject: %s
", dn);
	     free(dn);

	     dn = ne_ssl_readable_dname(ne_ssl_cert_issuer(cert));
	     printf("Issuer: %s
", dn);
	     free(dn);
	   }

SEE ALSO

       ne_ssl_cert_cmp, ne_ssl_readable_dname

AUTHOR

       Joe Orton <neon@lists.manyfish.co.uk>
	   Author.

COPYRIGHT

neon 0.29.6							    3 May 2011						   NE_SSL_CERT_IDENTITY(3)