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NAME
X509_check_ca - check if given certificate is CA certificateSYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/x509v3.h> int X509_check_ca(X509 *cert);
DESCRIPTION
This function checks if given certificate is CA certificate (can be used to sign other certificates). The certificate must be a complete certificate otherwise an error is returned.RETURN VALUES
Function return 0, if it is not CA certificate, 1 if it is proper X509v3 CA certificate with basicConstraints extension CA:TRUE, 3, if it is self-signed X509 v1 certificate, 4, if it is certificate with keyUsage extension with bit keyCertSign set, but without basicConstraints, and 5 if it has outdated Netscape Certificate Type extension telling that it is CA certificate.This function will also return 0 on error.
Actually, any nonzero value means that this certificate could have been used to sign other certificates.
SEE ALSO
X509_verify_cert(3), X509_check_issued(3), X509_check_purpose(3)COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2015-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
| 2022-05-03 | 3.0.3 |
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