5 SSL_get_peer_certificate,
6 SSL_get0_peer_certificate,
7 SSL_get1_peer_certificate - get the X509 certificate of the peer
11 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
13 X509 *SSL_get_peer_certificate(const SSL *ssl);
14 X509 *SSL_get0_peer_certificate(const SSL *ssl);
15 X509 *SSL_get1_peer_certificate(const SSL *ssl);
19 These functions return a pointer to the X509 certificate the
20 peer presented. If the peer did not present a certificate, NULL is returned.
24 Due to the protocol definition, a TLS/SSL server will always send a
25 certificate, if present. A client will only send a certificate when
26 explicitly requested to do so by the server (see
27 L<SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)>). If an anonymous cipher
28 is used, no certificates are sent.
30 That a certificate is returned does not indicate information about the
31 verification state, use L<SSL_get_verify_result(3)>
32 to check the verification state.
34 The reference count of the X509 object returned by SSL_get1_peer_certificate()
35 is incremented by one, so that it will not be destroyed when the session
36 containing the peer certificate is freed. The X509 object must be explicitly
37 freed using X509_free().
39 The reference count of the X509 object returned by SSL_get0_peer_certificate()
40 is not incremented, and must not be freed.
42 SSL_get_peer_certificate() is an alias of SSL_get1_peer_certificate().
46 The following return values can occur:
52 No certificate was presented by the peer or no connection was established.
54 =item Pointer to an X509 certificate
56 The return value points to the certificate presented by the peer.
62 L<ssl(7)>, L<SSL_get_verify_result(3)>,
63 L<SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)>
67 SSL_get0_peer_certificate() and SSL_get1_peer_certificate() were added in 3.0.0.
68 SSL_get_peer_certificate() was deprecated in 3.0.0.
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