gnutls_x509_crt_check_hostname — API function

Synopsis

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

unsigned gnutls_x509_crt_check_hostname(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert, const char * hostname);

Arguments

gnutls_x509_crt_t cert

should contain an gnutls_x509_crt_t type

const char * hostname

A null terminated string that contains a DNS name

Description

This function will check if the given certificate's subject matches the given hostname.  This is a basic implementation of the matching described in RFC6125, and takes into account wildcards, and the DNSName/IPAddress subject alternative name PKIX extension.

For details see also gnutls_x509_crt_check_hostname2().

Returns

non-zero for a successful match, and zero on failure.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.
Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

See Also

The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form visit

https://www.gnutls.org/manual/

Info

3.6.9 gnutls