1=pod 2 3=head1 NAME 4 5SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations - set default locations for trusted CA 6certificates 7 8=head1 SYNOPSIS --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 28 -----END CERTIFICATE----- 29 30sequences. Before, between, and after the certificates text is allowed 31which can be used e.g. for descriptions of the certificates. 32 33The B<CAfile> is processed on execution of the SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations() 34function. 35 |
36If B<CApath> is not NULL, it points to a directory containing CA certificates 37in PEM format. The files each contain one CA certificate. The files are 38looked up by the CA subject name hash value, which must hence be available. 39If more than one CA certificate with the same name hash value exist, the 40extension must be different (e.g. 9d66eef0.0, 9d66eef0.1 etc). The search 41is performed in the ordering of the extension number, regardless of other 42properties of the certificates. 43Use the B<c_rehash> utility to create the necessary links. 44 45The certificates in B<CApath> are only looked up when required, e.g. when 46building the certificate chain or when actually performing the verification 47of a peer certificate. 48 |
49When looking up CA certificates, the OpenSSL library will first search the 50certificates in B<CAfile>, then those in B<CApath>. Certificate matching 51is done based on the subject name, the key identifier (if present), and the 52serial number as taken from the certificate to be verified. If these data 53do not match, the next certificate will be tried. If a first certificate 54matching the parameters is found, the verification process will be performed; 55no other certificates for the same parameters will be searched in case of 56failure. 57 |
58In server mode, when requesting a client certificate, the server must send 59the list of CAs of which it will accept client certificates. This list 60is not influenced by the contents of B<CAfile> or B<CApath> and must 61explicitely be set using the 62L<SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list(3)|SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list(3)> 63family of functions. 64 |
65When building its own certificate chain, an OpenSSL client/server will 66try to fill in missing certificates from B<CAfile>/B<CApath>, if the 67certificate chain was not explicitly specified (see 68L<SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)|SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)>, 69L<SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)|SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)>. 70 71=head1 WARNINGS 72 --- 52 unchanged lines hidden --- |