ne_ssl_certificate(3) [redhat man page]

NE_SSL_CERTIFICATE(3)						neon API reference					     NE_SSL_CERTIFICATE(3)

NAME

       ne_ssl_certificate, ne_ssl_dname - structures representing SSL certificates

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ne_session.h>

       /* A simplified X.509 distinguished name. */
       typedef struct {
	   const char *country, *state, *locality, *organization;
	   const char *organizationalUnit;
	   const char *commonName;
       } ne_ssl_dname;

       /* A simplified SSL certificate. */
       typedef struct {
	   const ne_ssl_dname *subject, *issuer;
	   const char *from, *until;
       } ne_ssl_certificate;

DESCRIPTION

       The ne_ssl_dname structure is used to represent a simplified X.509 distinguished name, as used in SSL certificates; a distinguished name is
       used to uniquely identify an entity. Along with the fields giving the geographical and organizational location of the entity,  the  common-
       Name  field  will be assigned the DNS hostname of the entity. The ne_ssl_readable_dname function can be used to create a single-line string
       out of an ne_ssl_dname structure.

       The ne_ssl_certificate structure is used to represent a simplified SSL certificate; containing the distinguished names of  the  issuer  and
       subject	of the certificate. The issuer is the entity which has digitally signed the certificate to guarantee its authenticity; the subject
       is the owner of the certificate. A certificate is only valid for a certain period of time: the from and until contain  strings  giving  the
       validity period.

SEE ALSO

       ne_ssl_dname(3), ne_ssl_set_verify(3)

AUTHOR

       Joe Orton <neon@webdav.org>.

neon 0.23.5							   8 October 2002					     NE_SSL_CERTIFICATE(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)