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Title "X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb 3" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb - set verification callback Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1 #include <openssl/x509_vfy.h> \& void X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb(X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, int (*verify_cb)(int ok, X509_STORE_CTX *ctx)); .Ve Header "DESCRIPTION" \fIX509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb() sets the verification callback of ctx to \fBverify_cb overwriting any existing callback.

The verification callback can be used to customise the operation of certificate verification, either by overriding error conditions or logging errors for debugging purposes.

However a verification callback is not essential and the default operation is often sufficient.

The ok parameter to the callback indicates the value the callback should return to retain the default behaviour. If it is zero then and error condition is indicated. If it is 1 then no error occurred. If the flag \fBX509_V_FLAG_NOTIFY_POLICY is set then ok is set to 2 to indicate the policy checking is complete.

The ctx parameter to the callback is the X509_STORE_CTX structure that is performing the verification operation. A callback can examine this structure and receive additional information about the error, for example by calling X509_STORE_CTX_get_current_cert(). Additional application data can be passed to the callback via the ex_data mechanism.

Header "WARNING" In general a verification callback should \s-1NOT\s0 unconditionally return 1 in all circumstances because this will allow verification to succeed no matter what the error. This effectively removes all security from the application because any certificate (including untrusted generated ones) will be accepted. Header "NOTES" The verification callback can be set and inherited from the parent structure performing the operation. In some cases (such as S/MIME verification) the \fBX509_STORE_CTX structure is created and destroyed internally and the only way to set a custom verification callback is by inheriting it from the associated X509_STORE. Header "RETURN VALUES" \fIX509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb() does not return a value. Header "EXAMPLES" Default callback operation:

.Vb 4 int verify_callback(int ok, X509_STORE_CTX *ctx) { return ok; } .Ve

Simple example, suppose a certificate in the chain is expired and we wish to continue after this error:

.Vb 8 int verify_callback(int ok, X509_STORE_CTX *ctx) { /* Tolerate certificate expiration */ if (X509_STORE_CTX_get_error(ctx) == X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED) return 1; /* Otherwise don\*(Aqt override */ return ok; } .Ve

More complex example, we don't wish to continue after any certificate has expired just one specific case:

.Vb 11 int verify_callback(int ok, X509_STORE_CTX *ctx) { int err = X509_STORE_CTX_get_error(ctx); X509 *err_cert = X509_STORE_CTX_get_current_cert(ctx); if (err == X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED) { if (check_is_acceptable_expired_cert(err_cert) return 1; } return ok; } .Ve

Full featured logging callback. In this case the bio_err is assumed to be a global logging \s-1BIO\s0, an alternative would to store a \s-1BIO\s0 in ctx using \fBex_data.

.Vb 4 int verify_callback(int ok, X509_STORE_CTX *ctx) { X509 *err_cert; int err,depth; \& err_cert = X509_STORE_CTX_get_current_cert(ctx); err = X509_STORE_CTX_get_error(ctx); depth = X509_STORE_CTX_get_error_depth(ctx); \& BIO_printf(bio_err,"depth=%d ",depth); if (err_cert) { X509_NAME_print_ex(bio_err, X509_get_subject_name(err_cert), 0, XN_FLAG_ONELINE); BIO_puts(bio_err, "\en"); } else BIO_puts(bio_err, "<no cert>\en"); if (!ok) BIO_printf(bio_err,"verify error:num=%d:%s\en",err, X509_verify_cert_error_string(err)); switch (err) { case X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT: BIO_puts(bio_err,"issuer= "); X509_NAME_print_ex(bio_err, X509_get_issuer_name(err_cert), 0, XN_FLAG_ONELINE); BIO_puts(bio_err, "\en"); break; case X509_V_ERR_CERT_NOT_YET_VALID: case X509_V_ERR_ERROR_IN_CERT_NOT_BEFORE_FIELD: BIO_printf(bio_err,"notBefore="); ASN1_TIME_print(bio_err,X509_get_notBefore(err_cert)); BIO_printf(bio_err,"\en"); break; case X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED: case X509_V_ERR_ERROR_IN_CERT_NOT_AFTER_FIELD: BIO_printf(bio_err,"notAfter="); ASN1_TIME_print(bio_err,X509_get_notAfter(err_cert)); BIO_printf(bio_err,"\en"); break; case X509_V_ERR_NO_EXPLICIT_POLICY: policies_print(bio_err, ctx); break; } if (err == X509_V_OK && ok == 2) /* print out policies */ \& BIO_printf(bio_err,"verify return:%d\en",ok); return(ok); } .Ve

Header "SEE ALSO" \fIX509_STORE_CTX_get_error\|(3) \fIX509_STORE_set_verify_cb_func\|(3) \fIX509_STORE_CTX_get_ex_new_index\|(3) Header "HISTORY" \fIX509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.