Retrieve CA for client cert from SSL*

Fen Fox Fen.Fox at Microfocus.com
Fri Oct 25 16:03:53 UTC 2019


SSL_get0_verified_chain was exactly what I needed, thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: openssl-users <openssl-users-bounces at openssl.org> On Behalf Of Viktor Dukhovni
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2019 11:55 AM
To: openssl-users at openssl.org
Subject: Re: Retrieve CA for client cert from SSL*

> On Oct 25, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Jan Just Keijser <janjust at nikhef.nl> wrote:
> 
>> Is there a way to figure out which CA the server used to validate the client certificate?
>  
> on the server side?  you would have to write your own verify callback to intercept the certificate stack as it is processed. That way, you can monitor which CA openssl selected for verification.

No, that's not necessary.  After the completion of the handshake one can call SSL_get0_verified_chain(3).

This chain is only available on full handshakes, when validation is successful (SSL_get_verify_result(3) returns X509_V_OK).  On resumption, only the leaf certificate is available from the resumed session, via SSL_get_peer_certificate(3).

Of course there might not be a client certificate at all.

-- 
	Viktor.



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