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=head1 NAME

SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb, SSL_CTX_get_client_cert_cb - handle client certificate callback function

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/ssl.h>

 void SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx,

                                 int (*client_cert_cb)(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509,

                                                       EVP_PKEY **pkey));

 int (*SSL_CTX_get_client_cert_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx))(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509,

                                                 EVP_PKEY **pkey);

 int (*client_cert_cb)(SSL *ssl, X509 **x509, EVP_PKEY **pkey);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb() sets the client_cert_cb() callback, that is

called when a client certificate is requested by a server and no certificate

was yet set for the SSL object.

When client_cert_cb() is NULL, no callback function is used.

SSL_CTX_get_client_cert_cb() returns a pointer to the currently set callback

function.

client_cert_cb() is the application defined callback. If it wants to

set a certificate, a certificate/private key combination must be set

using the B<x509> and B<pkey> arguments and "1" must be returned. The

certificate will be installed into B<ssl>, see the NOTES and BUGS sections.

If no certificate should be set, "0" has to be returned and no certificate

will be sent. A negative return value will suspend the handshake and the

handshake function will return immediately. L<SSL_get_error(3)>

will return SSL_ERROR_WANT_X509_LOOKUP to indicate, that the handshake was

suspended. The next call to the handshake function will again lead to the call

of client_cert_cb(). It is the job of the client_cert_cb() to store information

about the state of the last call, if required to continue.

=head1 NOTES

During a handshake (or renegotiation) a server may request a certificate

from the client. A client certificate must only be sent, when the server

did send the request.

When a certificate was set using the

L<SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)> family of functions,

it will be sent to the server. The TLS standard requires that only a

certificate is sent, if it matches the list of acceptable CAs sent by the

server. This constraint is violated by the default behavior of the OpenSSL

library. Using the callback function it is possible to implement a proper

selection routine or to allow a user interaction to choose the certificate to

be sent.

If a callback function is defined and no certificate was yet defined for the

SSL object, the callback function will be called.

If the callback function returns a certificate, the OpenSSL library

will try to load the private key and certificate data into the SSL

object using the SSL_use_certificate() and SSL_use_private_key() functions.

Thus it will permanently install the certificate and key for this SSL

object. It will not be reset by calling L<SSL_clear(3)>.

If the callback returns no certificate, the OpenSSL library will not send

a certificate.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

SSL_CTX_get_client_cert_cb() returns function pointer of client_cert_cb() or

NULL if the callback is not set.

=head1 BUGS

The client_cert_cb() cannot return a complete certificate chain, it can

only return one client certificate. If the chain only has a length of 2,

the root CA certificate may be omitted according to the TLS standard and

thus a standard conforming answer can be sent to the server. For a

longer chain, the client must send the complete chain (with the option

to leave out the root CA certificate). This can only be accomplished by

either adding the intermediate CA certificates into the trusted

certificate store for the SSL_CTX object (resulting in having to add

CA certificates that otherwise maybe would not be trusted), or by adding

the chain certificates using the

L<SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)>

function, which is only available for the SSL_CTX object as a whole and that

therefore probably can only apply for one client certificate, making

the concept of the callback function (to allow the choice from several

certificates) questionable.

Once the SSL object has been used in conjunction with the callback function,

the certificate will be set for the SSL object and will not be cleared

even when L<SSL_clear(3)> is being called. It is therefore

mandatory to destroy the SSL object using L<SSL_free(3)>

and create a new one to return to the previous state.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<ssl(7)>, L<SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)>,

L<SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)>,

L<SSL_get_client_CA_list(3)>,

L<SSL_clear(3)>, L<SSL_free(3)>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2002-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (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

L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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