5 X509_verify, X509_self_signed,
6 X509_REQ_verify_ex, X509_REQ_verify,
8 verify certificate, certificate request, or CRL signature
12 #include <openssl/x509.h>
14 int X509_verify(X509 *x, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
15 int X509_self_signed(X509 *cert, int verify_signature);
17 int X509_REQ_verify_ex(X509_REQ *a, EVP_PKEY *pkey, OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx,
19 int X509_REQ_verify(X509_REQ *a, EVP_PKEY *r);
20 int X509_CRL_verify(X509_CRL *a, EVP_PKEY *r);
24 X509_verify() verifies the signature of certificate I<x> using public key
25 I<pkey>. Only the signature is checked: no other checks (such as certificate
26 chain validity) are performed.
28 X509_self_signed() checks whether certificate I<cert> is self-signed.
29 For success the issuer and subject names must match, the components of the
30 authority key identifier (if present) must match the subject key identifier etc.
31 The signature itself is actually verified only if B<verify_signature> is 1, as
32 for explicitly trusted certificates this verification is not worth the effort.
34 X509_REQ_verify_ex(), X509_REQ_verify() and X509_CRL_verify()
35 verify the signatures of certificate requests and CRLs, respectively.
40 X509_REQ_verify_ex(), X509_REQ_verify() and X509_CRL_verify()
41 return 1 if the signature is valid and 0 if the signature check fails.
42 If the signature could not be checked at all because it was ill-formed,
43 the certificate or the request was not complete or some other error occurred
46 X509_self_signed() returns the same values but also returns 1
47 if all respective fields match and B<verify_signature> is 0.
53 L<X509_CRL_get0_by_serial(3)>,
54 L<X509_get0_signature(3)>,
55 L<X509_get_ext_d2i(3)>,
56 L<X509_get_extension_flags(3)>,
57 L<X509_get_pubkey(3)>,
58 L<X509_get_subject_name(3)>,
59 L<X509_get_version(3)>,
60 L<X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object(3)>,
61 L<X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(3)>,
62 L<X509_NAME_print_ex(3)>,
64 L<X509_verify_cert(3)>,
69 The X509_verify(), X509_REQ_verify(), and X509_CRL_verify()
70 functions are available in all versions of OpenSSL.
72 X509_REQ_verify_ex(), and X509_self_signed() were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
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