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diff --git a/doc/man3/X509_check_ca.pod b/doc/man3/X509_check_ca.pod new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..38f0811dd0f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man3/X509_check_ca.pod @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +X509_check_ca - check if given certificate is CA certificate + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include <openssl/x509v3.h> + + int X509_check_ca(X509 *cert); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This function checks if given certificate is CA certificate (can be used +to sign other certificates). + +=head1 RETURN VALUES + +Function return 0, if it is not CA certificate, 1 if it is proper X509v3 +CA certificate with B<basicConstraints> extension CA:TRUE, +3, if it is self-signed X509 v1 certificate, 4, if it is certificate with +B<keyUsage> extension with bit B<keyCertSign> set, but without +B<basicConstraints>, and 5 if it has outdated Netscape Certificate Type +extension telling that it is CA certificate. + +Actually, any non-zero value means that this certificate could have been +used to sign other certificates. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<X509_verify_cert(3)>, +L<X509_check_issued(3)>, +L<X509_check_purpose(3)> + +=head1 COPYRIGHT + +Copyright 2015-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. + +Licensed under the OpenSSL license (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 |