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=pod
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=head1 NAME
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SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb, SSL_CTX_get_client_cert_cb - handle client certificate callback function
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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#include <openssl/ssl.h>
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void SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx, int (*client_cert_cb)(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509, EVP_PKEY **pkey));
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int (*SSL_CTX_get_client_cert_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx))(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509, EVP_PKEY **pkey);
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int (*client_cert_cb)(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509, EVP_PKEY **pkey);
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb() sets the B<client_cert_cb()> callback, that is
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called when a client certificate is requested by a server and no certificate
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was yet set for the SSL object.
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When B<client_cert_cb()> is NULL, no callback function is used.
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SSL_CTX_get_client_cert_cb() returns a pointer to the currently set callback
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function.
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client_cert_cb() is the application defined callback. If it wants to
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set a certificate, a certificate/private key combination must be set
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using the B<x509> and B<pkey> arguments and "1" must be returned. The
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certificate will be installed into B<ssl>, see the NOTES and BUGS sections.
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If no certificate should be set, "0" has to be returned and no certificate
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will be sent. A negative return value will suspend the handshake and the
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handshake function will return immediately. L<SSL_get_error(3)|SSL_get_error(3)>
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will return SSL_ERROR_WANT_X509_LOOKUP to indicate, that the handshake was
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suspended. The next call to the handshake function will again lead to the call
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of client_cert_cb(). It is the job of the client_cert_cb() to store information
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about the state of the last call, if required to continue.
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=head1 NOTES
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During a handshake (or renegotiation) a server may request a certificate
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from the client. A client certificate must only be sent, when the server
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did send the request.
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When a certificate was set using the
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L<SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)|SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)> family of functions,
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it will be sent to the server. The TLS standard requires that only a
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certificate is sent, if it matches the list of acceptable CAs sent by the
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server. This constraint is violated by the default behavior of the OpenSSL
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library. Using the callback function it is possible to implement a proper
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selection routine or to allow a user interaction to choose the certificate to
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be sent.
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If a callback function is defined and no certificate was yet defined for the
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SSL object, the callback function will be called.
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If the callback function returns a certificate, the OpenSSL library
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will try to load the private key and certificate data into the SSL
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object using the SSL_use_certificate() and SSL_use_private_key() functions.
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Thus it will permanently install the certificate and key for this SSL
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object. It will not be reset by calling L<SSL_clear(3)|SSL_clear(3)>.
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If the callback returns no certificate, the OpenSSL library will not send
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a certificate.
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=head1 BUGS
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The client_cert_cb() cannot return a complete certificate chain, it can
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only return one client certificate. If the chain only has a length of 2,
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the root CA certificate may be omitted according to the TLS standard and
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thus a standard conforming answer can be sent to the server. For a
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longer chain, the client must send the complete chain (with the option
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to leave out the root CA certificate). This can only be accomplished by
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either adding the intermediate CA certificates into the trusted
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certificate store for the SSL_CTX object (resulting in having to add
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CA certificates that otherwise maybe would not be trusted), or by adding
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the chain certificates using the
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L<SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)|SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)>
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function, which is only available for the SSL_CTX object as a whole and that
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therefore probably can only apply for one client certificate, making
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the concept of the callback function (to allow the choice from several
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certificates) questionable.
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Once the SSL object has been used in conjunction with the callback function,
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the certificate will be set for the SSL object and will not be cleared
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even when L<SSL_clear(3)|SSL_clear(3)> is being called. It is therefore
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mandatory to destroy the SSL object using L<SSL_free(3)|SSL_free(3)>
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and create a new one to return to the previous state.
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=head1 SEE ALSO
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L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)|SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)>,
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L<SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)|SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)>,
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L<SSL_get_client_CA_list(3)|SSL_get_client_CA_list(3)>,
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L<SSL_clear(3)|SSL_clear(3)>, L<SSL_free(3)|SSL_free(3)>
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=cut
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