suse man page for gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits

Query: gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits

OS: suse

Section: 3

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gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits(3) 			      gnutls				   gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits(3)

NAME
gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits - set the upper limits to be used at certificate verification
SYNOPSIS
#include <gnutls/gnutls.h> void gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits(gnutls_certificate_credentials_t res, unsigned int max_bits, unsigned int max_depth);
ARGUMENTS
gnutls_certificate_credentials_t res is a gnutls_certificate_credentials structure unsigned int max_bits is the number of bits of an acceptable certificate (default 8200) unsigned int max_depth is maximum depth of the verification of a certificate chain (default 5)
DESCRIPTION
This function will set some upper limits for the default verification function, gnutls_certificate_verify_peers2(), to avoid denial of ser- vice attacks. You can set them to zero to disable limits.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnutls@gnu.org>. GnuTLS home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/ General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation. Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and gnutls programs are properly installed at your site, the command info gnutls should give you access to the complete manual. gnutls 2.8.6 gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits(3)
Related Man Pages
gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits(3) - centos
gnutls_certificate_free_cas(3) - suse
gnutls_certificate_free_keys(3) - suse
gnutls_certificate_set_params_function(3) - suse
gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits(3) - suse
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