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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 subject 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
       issuer, 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 no-
       tice 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				     3.8.9     gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer(3)

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