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gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer(3)      gnutls	 gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer(3)

NAME
     gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer - API function

SYNOPSIS
     #include <gnutls/x509.h>

     unsigned	     gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer(gnutls_x509_crt_t	   cert,
     gnutls_x509_crt_t issuer);

ARGUMENTS
     gnutls_x509_crt_t cert
		 is the certificate to be checked

     gnutls_x509_crt_t issuer
		 is the certificate of a possible issuer

DESCRIPTION
     This function will check if the given certificate was issued by  the  given
     issuer.  It  checks the DN fields and the authority key identifier and sub-
     ject key identifier fields match.

     If the same certificate is provided at the  cert  and   issuer  fields,  it
     will check whether the certificate is self-signed.

RETURNS
     It will return true (1) if the given certificate is issued by the given is-
     suer, and false (0) if not.

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

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc., and others.
     Copying  and  distribution  of this file, with or without modification, are
     permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright  notice  and
     this notice are preserved.

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

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

gnutls				     3.8.13	 gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer(3)

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