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.TH "NE_SSL_SET_VERIFY" "3" "13 September 2009" "neon 0.29.0" "neon API reference"
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.SH "NAME"
ne_ssl_set_verify \- register an SSL certificate verification callback
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.ft B
.nf
#include <ne_session\&.h>
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.ft
.HP \w'typedef\ int\ ne_ssl_verify_fn('u
.BI "typedef int ne_ssl_verify_fn(void\ *" "userdata" ", int\ " "failures" ", const\ ne_ssl_certificate\ *" "cert" ");"
.HP \w'void\ ne_ssl_set_verify('u
.BI "void ne_ssl_set_verify(ne_session\ *" "session" ", ne_ssl_verify_fn\ " "verify_fn" ", void\ *" "userdata" ");"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
To enable manual SSL certificate verification, a callback can be registered using
\fBne_ssl_set_verify\fR\&. If such a callback is not registered, when a connection is established to an SSL server which does not present a certificate signed by a trusted CA (see
ne_ssl_trust_cert), or if the certificate presented is invalid in some way, the connection will fail\&.
.PP
When the callback is invoked, the
\fIfailures\fR
parameter gives a bitmask indicating in what way the automatic certificate verification failed\&. The value is equal to the bit\-wise OR of one or more of the following constants (and is guaranteed to be non\-zero):
.PP
\fBNE_SSL_NOTYETVALID\fR
.RS 4
The certificate is not yet valid\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBNE_SSL_EXPIRED\fR
.RS 4
The certificate has expired\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBNE_SSL_IDMISMATCH\fR
.RS 4
The hostname used for the session does not match the hostname to which the certificate was issued\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBNE_SSL_UNTRUSTED\fR
.RS 4
The Certificate Authority which signed the certificate is not trusted\&.
.RE
.PP
Note that if either of the
\fBNE_SSL_IDMISMATCH\fR
or
\fBNE_SSL_UNTRUSTED\fR
failures is given, the connection may have been intercepted by a third party, and must not be presumed to be
\(lqsecure\(rq\&.
.PP
The
\fIcert\fR
parameter passed to the callback represents the certificate which was presented by the server\&. If the server presented a chain of certificates, the chain can be accessed using
ne_ssl_cert_signedby\&. The
\fIcert\fR
object given is not valid after the callback returns\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
The verification callback must return zero to indicate that the certificate should be trusted; and non\-zero otherwise (in which case, the connection will fail)\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
The following code implements an example verification callback, using the
\fBdump_cert\fR
function from
ne_ssl_cert_subject
to display certification information\&. Notice that the hostname of the server used for the session is passed as the
\fIuserdata\fR
parameter to the callback\&.
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
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static int
my_verify(void *userdata, int failures, const ne_ssl_certificate *cert)
{
  const char *hostname = userdata;

  dump_cert(cert);

  puts("Certificate verification failed \- the connection may have been "
       "intercepted by a third party!");

  if (failures & NE_SSL_IDMISMATCH) { 
    const char *id = ne_ssl_cert_identity(cert);
    if (id) 
      printf("Server certificate was issued to \'%s\' not \'%s\'\&.\en",
             id, hostname);
    else
      printf("The certificate was not issued for \'%s\'\en", hostname);
  }

  if (failures & NE_SSL_UNTRUSTED)
    puts("The certificate is not signed by a trusted Certificate Authority\&.");

  /* \&.\&.\&. check for validity failures \&.\&.\&. */

  if (prompt_user())
    return 1; /* fail verification */
  else
    return 0; /* trust the certificate anyway */
}

int
main(\&.\&.\&.)
{
  ne_session *sess = ne_session_create("https", "some\&.host\&.name", 443);
  ne_ssl_set_verify(sess, my_verify, "some\&.host\&.name");
  \&.\&.\&.
}
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.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
ne_ssl_trust_cert,
ne_ssl_readable_dname,
ne_ssl_cert_subject
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBJoe Orton\fR <\&neon@lists.manyfish.co.uk\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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