1=pod 2 3=head1 NAME 4 5X509_check_ca - check if given certificate is CA certificate 6 7=head1 SYNOPSIS 8 9 #include <openssl/x509v3.h> 10 11 int X509_check_ca(X509 *cert); 12 13=head1 DESCRIPTION 14 15This function checks if given certificate is CA certificate (can be used 16to sign other certificates). The certificate must be a complete certificate 17otherwise an error is returned. 18 19=head1 RETURN VALUES 20 21Function return 0, if it is not CA certificate, 1 if it is proper X509v3 22CA certificate with B<basicConstraints> extension CA:TRUE, 233, if it is self-signed X509 v1 certificate, 4, if it is certificate with 24B<keyUsage> extension with bit B<keyCertSign> set, but without 25B<basicConstraints>, and 5 if it has outdated Netscape Certificate Type 26extension telling that it is CA certificate. 27 28This function will also return 0 on error. 29 30Actually, any nonzero value means that this certificate could have been 31used to sign other certificates. 32 33=head1 SEE ALSO 34 35L<X509_verify_cert(3)>, 36L<X509_check_issued(3)>, 37L<X509_check_purpose(3)> 38 39=head1 COPYRIGHT 40 41Copyright 2015-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. 42 43Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use 44this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy 45in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at 46L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. 47 48=cut 49
