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SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb(3)       OpenSSL      SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb(3)



NAME
       SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb, SSL_CTX_get_client_cert_cb - handle client
       certificate callback function

SYNOPSIS
        #include <openssl/ssl.h>

        void SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx, int (*client_cert_cb)(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509, EVP_PKEY **pkey));
        int (*SSL_CTX_get_client_cert_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx))(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509, EVP_PKEY **pkey);
        int (*client_cert_cb)(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509, EVP_PKEY **pkey);

DESCRIPTION
       SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb() sets the cin_cr_c( callback, that
       is called when a client certificate is requested by a server and no
       certificate was yet set for the SSL object.

       When cin_cr_c( is NULL, no callback function is used.

       SSL_CTX_get_client_cert_cb() returns a pointer to the currently set
       callback function.

       client_cert_cb() is the application defined callback. If it wants to
       set a certificate, a certificate/private key combination must be set
       using the x509 and pkey arguments and "1" must be returned. The
       certificate will be installed into ssl, see the NOTES and BUGS
       sections.  If no certificate should be set, "0" has to be returned and
       no certificate will be sent. A negative return value will suspend the
       handshake and the handshake function will return immediatly.
       SSL_get_error(3) will return SSL_ERROR_WANT_X509_LOOKUP to indicate,
       that the handshake was suspended. The next call to the handshake
       function will again lead to the call of client_cert_cb(). It is the job
       of the client_cert_cb() to store information about the state of the
       last call, if required to continue.

NOTES
       During a handshake (or renegotiation) a server may request a
       certificate from the client. A client certificate must only be sent,
       when the server did send the request.

       When a certificate was set using the SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3) family
       of functions, it will be sent to the server. The TLS standard requires
       that only a certificate is sent, if it matches the list of acceptable
       CAs sent by the server. This constraint is violated by the default
       behavior of the OpenSSL library. Using the callback function it is
       possible to implement a proper selection routine or to allow a user
       interaction to choose the certificate to be sent.

       If a callback function is defined and no certificate was yet defined
       for the SSL object, the callback function will be called.  If the
       callback function returns a certificate, the OpenSSL library will try
       to load the private key and certificate data into the SSL object using
       the SSL_use_certificate() and SSL_use_private_key() functions.  Thus it
       will permanently install the certificate and key for this SSL object.
       It will not be reset by calling SSL_clear(3).  If the callback returns
       no certificate, the OpenSSL library will not send a certificate.

BUGS
       The client_cert_cb() cannot return a complete certificate chain, it can
       only return one client certificate. If the chain only has a length of
       2, the root CA certificate may be omitted according to the TLS standard
       and thus a standard conforming answer can be sent to the server. For a
       longer chain, the client must send the complete chain (with the option
       to leave out the root CA certificate). This can only be accomplished by
       either adding the intermediate CA certificates into the trusted
       certificate store for the SSL_CTX object (resulting in having to add CA
       certificates that otherwise maybe would not be trusted), or by adding
       the chain certificates using the SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)
       function, which is only available for the SSL_CTX object as a whole and
       that therefore probably can only apply for one client certificate,
       making the concept of the callback function (to allow the choice from
       several certificates) questionable.

       Once the SSL object has been used in conjunction with the callback
       function, the certificate will be set for the SSL object and will not
       be cleared even when SSL_clear(3) is being called. It is therefore
       mandatory to destroy the SSL object using SSL_free(3) and create a new
       one to return to the previous state.

SEE ALSO
       ssl(3), SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3), SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3),
       SSL_get_client_CA_list(3), SSL_clear(3), SSL_free(3)



0.9.7l                            2002-06-12     SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb(3)