NetBSD/lib/libcrypto/man/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.3

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.IX Title "SSL_CTX_use_certificate 3"
.TH SSL_CTX_use_certificate 3 "0.9.7b" "2002-02-15" "OpenSSL"
.UC
.SH "NAME"
SSL_CTX_use_certificate, SSL_CTX_use_certificate_ASN1, SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file, SSL_use_certificate, SSL_use_certificate_ASN1, SSL_use_certificate_file, SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file, SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey, SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_ASN1, SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file, SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey, SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1, SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_file, SSL_use_PrivateKey_file, SSL_use_PrivateKey_ASN1, SSL_use_PrivateKey, SSL_use_RSAPrivateKey, SSL_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1, SSL_use_RSAPrivateKey_file, SSL_CTX_check_private_key, SSL_check_private_key \- load certificate and key data
.SH "LIBRARY"
libcrypto, -lcrypto
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& #include <openssl/ssl.h>
.Ve
.Vb 6
\& int SSL_CTX_use_certificate(SSL_CTX *ctx, X509 *x);
\& int SSL_CTX_use_certificate_ASN1(SSL_CTX *ctx, int len, unsigned char *d);
\& int SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *file, int type);
\& int SSL_use_certificate(SSL *ssl, X509 *x);
\& int SSL_use_certificate_ASN1(SSL *ssl, unsigned char *d, int len);
\& int SSL_use_certificate_file(SSL *ssl, const char *file, int type);
.Ve
.Vb 1
\& int SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *file);
.Ve
.Vb 13
\& int SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey(SSL_CTX *ctx, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
\& int SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_ASN1(int pk, SSL_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *d,
\&                                 long len);
\& int SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *file, int type);
\& int SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey(SSL_CTX *ctx, RSA *rsa);
\& int SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1(SSL_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *d, long len);
\& int SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_file(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *file, int type);
\& int SSL_use_PrivateKey(SSL *ssl, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
\& int SSL_use_PrivateKey_ASN1(int pk,SSL *ssl, unsigned char *d, long len);
\& int SSL_use_PrivateKey_file(SSL *ssl, const char *file, int type);
\& int SSL_use_RSAPrivateKey(SSL *ssl, RSA *rsa);
\& int SSL_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1(SSL *ssl, unsigned char *d, long len);
\& int SSL_use_RSAPrivateKey_file(SSL *ssl, const char *file, int type);
.Ve
.Vb 2
\& int SSL_CTX_check_private_key(SSL_CTX *ctx);
\& int SSL_check_private_key(SSL *ssl);
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
These functions load the certificates and private keys into the \s-1SSL_CTX\s0
or \s-1SSL\s0 object, respectively.
.PP
The SSL_CTX_* class of functions loads the certificates and keys into the
\&\s-1SSL_CTX\s0 object \fBctx\fR. The information is passed to \s-1SSL\s0 objects \fBssl\fR
created from \fBctx\fR with SSL_new(3) by copying, so that
changes applied to \fBctx\fR do not propagate to already existing \s-1SSL\s0 objects.
.PP
The SSL_* class of functions only loads certificates and keys into a
specific \s-1SSL\s0 object. The specific information is kept, when
SSL_clear(3) is called for this \s-1SSL\s0 object.
.PP
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate()\fR loads the certificate \fBx\fR into \fBctx\fR,
\&\fISSL_use_certificate()\fR loads \fBx\fR into \fBssl\fR. The rest of the
certificates needed to form the complete certificate chain can be
specified using the
SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)
function.
.PP
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_ASN1()\fR loads the \s-1ASN1\s0 encoded certificate from
the memory location \fBd\fR (with length \fBlen\fR) into \fBctx\fR,
\&\fISSL_use_certificate_ASN1()\fR loads the \s-1ASN1\s0 encoded certificate into \fBssl\fR.
.PP
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_file()\fR loads the first certificate stored in \fBfile\fR
into \fBctx\fR. The formatting \fBtype\fR of the certificate must be specified
from the known types \s-1SSL_FILETYPE_PEM\s0, \s-1SSL_FILETYPE_ASN1\s0.
\&\fISSL_use_certificate_file()\fR loads the certificate from \fBfile\fR into \fBssl\fR.
See the \s-1NOTES\s0 section on why \fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file()\fR
should be preferred.
.PP
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file()\fR loads a certificate chain from 
\&\fBfile\fR into \fBctx\fR. The certificates must be in \s-1PEM\s0 format and must
be sorted starting with the certificate to the highest level (root \s-1CA\s0).
There is no corresponding function working on a single \s-1SSL\s0 object.
.PP
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey()\fR adds \fBpkey\fR as private key to \fBctx\fR.
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey()\fR adds the private key \fBrsa\fR of type \s-1RSA\s0
to \fBctx\fR. \fISSL_use_PrivateKey()\fR adds \fBpkey\fR as private key to \fBssl\fR;
\&\fISSL_use_RSAPrivateKey()\fR adds \fBrsa\fR as private key of type \s-1RSA\s0 to \fBssl\fR.
.PP
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_ASN1()\fR adds the private key of type \fBpk\fR
stored at memory location \fBd\fR (length \fBlen\fR) to \fBctx\fR.
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1()\fR adds the private key of type \s-1RSA\s0
stored at memory location \fBd\fR (length \fBlen\fR) to \fBctx\fR.
\&\fISSL_use_PrivateKey_ASN1()\fR and \fISSL_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1()\fR add the private
key to \fBssl\fR.
.PP
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file()\fR adds the first private key found in
\&\fBfile\fR to \fBctx\fR. The formatting \fBtype\fR of the certificate must be specified
from the known types \s-1SSL_FILETYPE_PEM\s0, \s-1SSL_FILETYPE_ASN1\s0.
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_file()\fR adds the first private \s-1RSA\s0 key found in
\&\fBfile\fR to \fBctx\fR. \fISSL_use_PrivateKey_file()\fR adds the first private key found
in \fBfile\fR to \fBssl\fR; \fISSL_use_RSAPrivateKey_file()\fR adds the first private
\&\s-1RSA\s0 key found to \fBssl\fR.
.PP
\&\fISSL_CTX_check_private_key()\fR checks the consistency of a private key with
the corresponding certificate loaded into \fBctx\fR. If more than one
key/certificate pair (\s-1RSA/DSA\s0) is installed, the last item installed will
be checked. If e.g. the last item was a \s-1RSA\s0 certificate or key, the \s-1RSA\s0
key/certificate pair will be checked. \fISSL_check_private_key()\fR performs
the same check for \fBssl\fR. If no key/certificate was explicitly added for
this \fBssl\fR, the last item added into \fBctx\fR will be checked.
.SH "NOTES"
.IX Header "NOTES"
The internal certificate store of OpenSSL can hold two private key/certificate
pairs at a time: one key/certificate of type \s-1RSA\s0 and one key/certificate
of type \s-1DSA\s0. The certificate used depends on the cipher select, see
also SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(3).
.PP
When reading certificates and private keys from file, files of type
\&\s-1SSL_FILETYPE_ASN1\s0 (also known as \fB\s-1DER\s0\fR, binary encoding) can only contain
one certificate or private key, consequently 
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file()\fR is only applicable to \s-1PEM\s0 formatting.
Files of type \s-1SSL_FILETYPE_PEM\s0 can contain more than one item.
.PP
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file()\fR adds the first certificate found
in the file to the certificate store. The other certificates are added
to the store of chain certificates using
SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3).
There exists only one extra chain store, so that the same chain is appended
to both types of certificates, \s-1RSA\s0 and \s-1DSA\s0! If it is not intended to use
both type of certificate at the same time, it is recommended to use the
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file()\fR instead of the
\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_file()\fR function in order to allow the use of
complete certificate chains even when no trusted \s-1CA\s0 storage is used or
when the \s-1CA\s0 issuing the certificate shall not be added to the trusted
\&\s-1CA\s0 storage.
.PP
If additional certificates are needed to complete the chain during the
\&\s-1TLS\s0 negotiation, \s-1CA\s0 certificates are additionally looked up in the
locations of trusted \s-1CA\s0 certificates, see
SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3).
.PP
The private keys loaded from file can be encrypted. In order to successfully
load encrypted keys, a function returning the passphrase must have been
supplied, see
SSL_CTX_set_default_passwd_cb(3).
(Certificate files might be encrypted as well from the technical point
of view, it however does not make sense as the data in the certificate
is considered public anyway.)
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
On success, the functions return 1.
Otherwise check out the error stack to find out the reason.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
ssl(3), SSL_new(3), SSL_clear(3),
SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3),
SSL_CTX_set_default_passwd_cb(3),
SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(3),
SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb(3),
SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)