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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR 42.\" ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, 43.\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 44.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; 45.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 46.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, 47.\" STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 48.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED 49.\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 50.\" 51.Dd $Mdocdate: June 14 2019 $ 52.Dt X509_GET_VERSION 3 53.Os 54.Sh NAME 55.Nm X509_get_version , 56.Nm X509_set_version , 57.Nm X509_REQ_get_version , 58.Nm X509_REQ_set_version , 59.Nm X509_CRL_get_version , 60.Nm X509_CRL_set_version 61.Nd get or set certificate, certificate request, or CRL version 62.Sh SYNOPSIS 63.In openssl/x509.h 64.Ft long 65.Fo X509_get_version 66.Fa "const X509 *x" 67.Fc 68.Ft int 69.Fo X509_set_version 70.Fa "X509 *x" 71.Fa "long version" 72.Fc 73.Ft long 74.Fo X509_REQ_get_version 75.Fa "const X509_REQ *req" 76.Fc 77.Ft int 78.Fo X509_REQ_set_version 79.Fa "X509_REQ *x" 80.Fa "long version" 81.Fc 82.Ft long 83.Fo X509_CRL_get_version 84.Fa "const X509_CRL *crl" 85.Fc 86.Ft int 87.Fo X509_CRL_set_version 88.Fa "X509_CRL *x" 89.Fa "long version" 90.Fc 91.Sh DESCRIPTION 92.Fn X509_get_version 93returns the numerical value of the version field of certificate 94.Fa x . 95Note: this is defined by standards (X.509 et al.) to be one less 96than the certificate version. 97So a version 3 certificate will return 2 and a version 1 certificate 98will return 0. 99.Pp 100.Fn X509_set_version 101sets the numerical value of the version field of certificate 102.Fa x 103to 104.Fa version . 105.Pp 106Similarly 107.Fn X509_REQ_get_version , 108.Fn X509_REQ_set_version , 109.Fn X509_CRL_get_version , 110and 111.Fn X509_CRL_set_version 112get and set the version number of certificate requests and CRLs. 113.Pp 114The version field of certificates, certificate requests, and CRLs 115has a DEFAULT value of v1(0) meaning the field should be omitted 116for version 1. 117This is handled transparently by these functions. 118.Pp 119.Fn X509_get_version , 120.Fn X509_REQ_get_version 121and 122.Fn X509_CRL_get_version 123are implemented as macros. 124.Sh RETURN VALUES 125.Fn X509_get_version , 126.Fn X509_REQ_get_version , 127and 128.Fn X509_CRL_get_version 129return the numerical value of the version field. 130.Pp 131.Fn X509_set_version , 132.Fn X509_REQ_set_version , 133and 134.Fn X509_CRL_set_version 135return 1 for success or 0 for failure. 136In some cases of failure, the reason can be determined with 137.Xr ERR_get_error 3 . 138.Sh SEE ALSO 139.Xr d2i_X509 3 , 140.Xr X509_CRL_get0_by_serial 3 , 141.Xr X509_CRL_new 3 , 142.Xr X509_get_pubkey 3 , 143.Xr X509_get_subject_name 3 , 144.Xr X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt 3 , 145.Xr X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object 3 , 146.Xr X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID 3 , 147.Xr X509_NAME_print_ex 3 , 148.Xr X509_new 3 , 149.Xr X509_REQ_new 3 , 150.Xr X509_sign 3 , 151.Xr X509_verify_cert 3 , 152.Xr X509V3_get_d2i 3 153.Sh HISTORY 154.Fn X509_get_version , 155.Fn X509_set_version , 156.Fn X509_REQ_get_version , 157and 158.Fn X509_REQ_set_version 159first appeared in SSLeay 0.6.5 and have been available since 160.Ox 2.4 . 161.Pp 162.Fn X509_CRL_get_version 163first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.2b and has been available since 164.Ox 2.6 . 165.Pp 166.Fn X509_CRL_set_version 167first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and has been available since 168.Ox 3.2 . 169