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126.IX Title "SSL_CTX_use_certificate 3"
127.TH SSL_CTX_use_certificate 3 "2012-01-04" "1.0.0f" "OpenSSL"
128.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
129.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
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131.nh
132.SH "NAME"
133SSL_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
134.SH "SYNOPSIS"
135.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
136.Vb 1
137\& #include <openssl/ssl.h>
138\&
139\& int SSL_CTX_use_certificate(SSL_CTX *ctx, X509 *x);
140\& int SSL_CTX_use_certificate_ASN1(SSL_CTX *ctx, int len, unsigned char *d);
141\& int SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *file, int type);
142\& int SSL_use_certificate(SSL *ssl, X509 *x);
143\& int SSL_use_certificate_ASN1(SSL *ssl, unsigned char *d, int len);
144\& int SSL_use_certificate_file(SSL *ssl, const char *file, int type);
145\&
146\& int SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *file);
147\&
148\& int SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey(SSL_CTX *ctx, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
149\& int SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_ASN1(int pk, SSL_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *d,
150\& long len);
151\& int SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *file, int type);
152\& int SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey(SSL_CTX *ctx, RSA *rsa);
153\& int SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1(SSL_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *d, long len);
154\& int SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_file(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *file, int type);
155\& int SSL_use_PrivateKey(SSL *ssl, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
156\& int SSL_use_PrivateKey_ASN1(int pk,SSL *ssl, unsigned char *d, long len);
157\& int SSL_use_PrivateKey_file(SSL *ssl, const char *file, int type);
158\& int SSL_use_RSAPrivateKey(SSL *ssl, RSA *rsa);
159\& int SSL_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1(SSL *ssl, unsigned char *d, long len);
160\& int SSL_use_RSAPrivateKey_file(SSL *ssl, const char *file, int type);
161\&
162\& int SSL_CTX_check_private_key(const SSL_CTX *ctx);
163\& int SSL_check_private_key(const SSL *ssl);
164.Ve
165.SH "DESCRIPTION"
166.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
167These functions load the certificates and private keys into the \s-1SSL_CTX\s0
168or \s-1SSL\s0 object, respectively.
169.PP
170The SSL_CTX_* class of functions loads the certificates and keys into the
171\&\s-1SSL_CTX\s0 object \fBctx\fR. The information is passed to \s-1SSL\s0 objects \fBssl\fR
172created from \fBctx\fR with \fISSL_new\fR\|(3) by copying, so that
173changes applied to \fBctx\fR do not propagate to already existing \s-1SSL\s0 objects.
174.PP
175The SSL_* class of functions only loads certificates and keys into a
176specific \s-1SSL\s0 object. The specific information is kept, when
177\&\fISSL_clear\fR\|(3) is called for this \s-1SSL\s0 object.
178.PP
179\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate()\fR loads the certificate \fBx\fR into \fBctx\fR,
180\&\fISSL_use_certificate()\fR loads \fBx\fR into \fBssl\fR. The rest of the
181certificates needed to form the complete certificate chain can be
182specified using the
183\&\fISSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert\fR\|(3)
184function.
185.PP
186\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_ASN1()\fR loads the \s-1ASN1\s0 encoded certificate from
187the memory location \fBd\fR (with length \fBlen\fR) into \fBctx\fR,
188\&\fISSL_use_certificate_ASN1()\fR loads the \s-1ASN1\s0 encoded certificate into \fBssl\fR.
189.PP
190\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_file()\fR loads the first certificate stored in \fBfile\fR
191into \fBctx\fR. The formatting \fBtype\fR of the certificate must be specified
192from the known types \s-1SSL_FILETYPE_PEM\s0, \s-1SSL_FILETYPE_ASN1\s0.
193\&\fISSL_use_certificate_file()\fR loads the certificate from \fBfile\fR into \fBssl\fR.
194See the \s-1NOTES\s0 section on why \fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file()\fR
195should be preferred.
196.PP
197\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file()\fR loads a certificate chain from
198\&\fBfile\fR into \fBctx\fR. The certificates must be in \s-1PEM\s0 format and must
199be sorted starting with the subject's certificate (actual client or server
200certificate), followed by intermediate \s-1CA\s0 certificates if applicable, and
201ending at the highest level (root) \s-1CA\s0.
202There is no corresponding function working on a single \s-1SSL\s0 object.
203.PP
204\&\fISSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey()\fR adds \fBpkey\fR as private key to \fBctx\fR.
205\&\fISSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey()\fR adds the private key \fBrsa\fR of type \s-1RSA\s0
206to \fBctx\fR. \fISSL_use_PrivateKey()\fR adds \fBpkey\fR as private key to \fBssl\fR;
207\&\fISSL_use_RSAPrivateKey()\fR adds \fBrsa\fR as private key of type \s-1RSA\s0 to \fBssl\fR.
208If a certificate has already been set and the private does not belong
209to the certificate an error is returned. To change a certificate, private
210key pair the new certificate needs to be set with \fISSL_use_certificate()\fR
211or \fISSL_CTX_use_certificate()\fR before setting the private key with
212\&\fISSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey()\fR or \fISSL_use_PrivateKey()\fR.
213.PP
214\&\fISSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_ASN1()\fR adds the private key of type \fBpk\fR
215stored at memory location \fBd\fR (length \fBlen\fR) to \fBctx\fR.
216\&\fISSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1()\fR adds the private key of type \s-1RSA\s0
217stored at memory location \fBd\fR (length \fBlen\fR) to \fBctx\fR.
218\&\fISSL_use_PrivateKey_ASN1()\fR and \fISSL_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1()\fR add the private
219key to \fBssl\fR.
220.PP
221\&\fISSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file()\fR adds the first private key found in
222\&\fBfile\fR to \fBctx\fR. The formatting \fBtype\fR of the certificate must be specified
223from the known types \s-1SSL_FILETYPE_PEM\s0, \s-1SSL_FILETYPE_ASN1\s0.
224\&\fISSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_file()\fR adds the first private \s-1RSA\s0 key found in
225\&\fBfile\fR to \fBctx\fR. \fISSL_use_PrivateKey_file()\fR adds the first private key found
226in \fBfile\fR to \fBssl\fR; \fISSL_use_RSAPrivateKey_file()\fR adds the first private
227\&\s-1RSA\s0 key found to \fBssl\fR.
228.PP
229\&\fISSL_CTX_check_private_key()\fR checks the consistency of a private key with
230the corresponding certificate loaded into \fBctx\fR. If more than one
231key/certificate pair (\s-1RSA/DSA\s0) is installed, the last item installed will
232be checked. If e.g. the last item was a \s-1RSA\s0 certificate or key, the \s-1RSA\s0
233key/certificate pair will be checked. \fISSL_check_private_key()\fR performs
234the same check for \fBssl\fR. If no key/certificate was explicitly added for
235this \fBssl\fR, the last item added into \fBctx\fR will be checked.
236.SH "NOTES"
237.IX Header "NOTES"
238The internal certificate store of OpenSSL can hold two private key/certificate
239pairs at a time: one key/certificate of type \s-1RSA\s0 and one key/certificate
240of type \s-1DSA\s0. The certificate used depends on the cipher select, see
241also \fISSL_CTX_set_cipher_list\fR\|(3).
242.PP
243When reading certificates and private keys from file, files of type
244\&\s-1SSL_FILETYPE_ASN1\s0 (also known as \fB\s-1DER\s0\fR, binary encoding) can only contain
245one certificate or private key, consequently
246\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file()\fR is only applicable to \s-1PEM\s0 formatting.
247Files of type \s-1SSL_FILETYPE_PEM\s0 can contain more than one item.
248.PP
249\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file()\fR adds the first certificate found
250in the file to the certificate store. The other certificates are added
251to the store of chain certificates using
252\&\fISSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert\fR\|(3).
253There exists only one extra chain store, so that the same chain is appended
254to both types of certificates, \s-1RSA\s0 and \s-1DSA\s0! If it is not intended to use
255both type of certificate at the same time, it is recommended to use the
256\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file()\fR instead of the
257\&\fISSL_CTX_use_certificate_file()\fR function in order to allow the use of
258complete certificate chains even when no trusted \s-1CA\s0 storage is used or
259when the \s-1CA\s0 issuing the certificate shall not be added to the trusted
260\&\s-1CA\s0 storage.
261.PP
262If additional certificates are needed to complete the chain during the
263\&\s-1TLS\s0 negotiation, \s-1CA\s0 certificates are additionally looked up in the
264locations of trusted \s-1CA\s0 certificates, see
265\&\fISSL_CTX_load_verify_locations\fR\|(3).
266.PP
267The private keys loaded from file can be encrypted. In order to successfully
268load encrypted keys, a function returning the passphrase must have been
269supplied, see
270\&\fISSL_CTX_set_default_passwd_cb\fR\|(3).
271(Certificate files might be encrypted as well from the technical point
272of view, it however does not make sense as the data in the certificate
273is considered public anyway.)
274.SH "RETURN VALUES"
275.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
276On success, the functions return 1.
277Otherwise check out the error stack to find out the reason.
278.SH "SEE ALSO"
279.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
280\&\fIssl\fR\|(3), \fISSL_new\fR\|(3), \fISSL_clear\fR\|(3),
281\&\fISSL_CTX_load_verify_locations\fR\|(3),
282\&\fISSL_CTX_set_default_passwd_cb\fR\|(3),
283\&\fISSL_CTX_set_cipher_list\fR\|(3),
284\&\fISSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb\fR\|(3),
285\&\fISSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert\fR\|(3)
286.SH "HISTORY"
287.IX Header "HISTORY"
288Support for \s-1DER\s0 encoded private keys (\s-1SSL_FILETYPE_ASN1\s0) in
289\&\fISSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file()\fR and \fISSL_use_PrivateKey_file()\fR was added
290in 0.9.8 .