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authorJake Maynard <jake@maynard-labs.com>2019-10-30 11:27:04 -0400
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2020-04-11 11:30:19 +0100
commit07e2f4b2aabdc5709ae055b226fb54d9d21c631e (patch)
tree1bea7314d33b23a387c33e0d28a08ac7d0faca45 /doc
parent32530103c25fb337f65a30da0b6e1974b99ae96a (diff)
Add manpage entry for X509_check_purpose()
Fixes #10263 Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10301) (cherry picked from commit eacd30a703b52f5b3e8e70b58f99bd1128458c7c)
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+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+X509_check_purpose - Check the purpose of a certificate
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
+
+ int X509_check_purpose(X509 *x, int id, int ca)
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This function checks if certificate I<x> was created with the purpose
+represented by I<id>. If I<ca> is nonzero, then certificate I<x> is
+checked to determine if it's a possible CA with various levels of certainty
+possibly returned.
+
+Below are the potential ID's that can be checked:
+
+ # define X509_PURPOSE_SSL_CLIENT 1
+ # define X509_PURPOSE_SSL_SERVER 2
+ # define X509_PURPOSE_NS_SSL_SERVER 3
+ # define X509_PURPOSE_SMIME_SIGN 4
+ # define X509_PURPOSE_SMIME_ENCRYPT 5
+ # define X509_PURPOSE_CRL_SIGN 6
+ # define X509_PURPOSE_ANY 7
+ # define X509_PURPOSE_OCSP_HELPER 8
+ # define X509_PURPOSE_TIMESTAMP_SIGN 9
+
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+For non-CA checks
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -1 an error condition has occured
+
+=item E<32>1 if the certificate was created to perform the purpose represented by I<id>
+
+=item E<32>0 if the certificate was not created to perform the purpose represented by I<id>
+
+=back
+
+For CA checks the below integers could be returned with the following meanings:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -1 an error condition has occured
+
+=item E<32>0 not a CA or does not have the purpose represented by I<id>
+
+=item E<32>1 is a CA.
+
+=item E<32>2 Only possible in old versions of openSSL when basicConstraints are absent.
+ New versions will not return this value. May be a CA
+
+=item E<32>3 basicConstraints absent but self signed V1.
+
+=item E<32>4 basicConstraints absent but keyUsage present and keyCertSign asserted.
+
+=item E<32>5 legacy Netscape specific CA Flags present
+
+=back
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright 2019 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 L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
+
+=cut