NAME

       SSL_get_peer_certificate, SSL_get0_peer_certificate, SSL_get1_peer_certificate - get the
       X509 certificate of the peer

SYNOPSIS

        #include <openssl/ssl.h>

        X509 *SSL_get_peer_certificate(const SSL *ssl);
        X509 *SSL_get0_peer_certificate(const SSL *ssl);
        X509 *SSL_get1_peer_certificate(const SSL *ssl);

DESCRIPTION

       These functions return a pointer to the X509 certificate the peer presented. If the peer
       did not present a certificate, NULL is returned.

NOTES

       Due to the protocol definition, a TLS/SSL server will always send a certificate, if
       present. A client will only send a certificate when explicitly requested to do so by the
       server (see SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)). If an anonymous cipher is used, no certificates are
       sent.

       That a certificate is returned does not indicate information about the verification state,
       use SSL_get_verify_result(3) to check the verification state.

       The reference count of the X509 object returned by SSL_get1_peer_certificate() is
       incremented by one, so that it will not be destroyed when the session containing the peer
       certificate is freed. The X509 object must be explicitly freed using X509_free().

       The reference count of the X509 object returned by SSL_get0_peer_certificate() is not
       incremented, and must not be freed.

       SSL_get_peer_certificate() is an alias of SSL_get1_peer_certificate().

RETURN VALUES

       The following return values can occur:

       NULL
           No certificate was presented by the peer or no connection was established.

       Pointer to an X509 certificate
           The return value points to the certificate presented by the peer.

SEE ALSO

       ssl(7), SSL_get_verify_result(3), SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)

HISTORY

       SSL_get0_peer_certificate() and SSL_get1_peer_certificate() were added in 3.0.0.
       SSL_get_peer_certificate() was deprecated in 3.0.0.

COPYRIGHT

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       Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (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 <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.