X509_check_ca (3)

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NAME

X509_check_ca - check if given certificate is CA certificate

SYNOPSIS

   #include <openssl/x509v3.h>

   int X509_check_ca(X509 *cert);

DESCRIPTION

This function checks if given certificate is certificate (can be used to sign other certificates).

RETURN VALUE

Function return 0, if it is not certificate, 1 if it is proper X509v3 certificate with basicConstraints extension 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4, if it is certificate with keyUsage extension with bit keyCertSign set, but without basicConstraints, and 5 if it has outdated Netscape Certificate Type extension telling that it is certificate.

Actually, any non-zero 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 2015-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the ``License''). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file

in the source distribution or at <www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.