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4.Dd $Mdocdate: November 5 2016 $
5.Dt SSL_GET_PEER_CERT_CHAIN 3
6.Os
7.Sh NAME
8.Nm SSL_get_peer_cert_chain
9.Nd get the X509 certificate chain of the peer
10.Sh SYNOPSIS
11.In openssl/ssl.h
12.Ft STACK_OF(X509) *
13.Fn SSL_get_peer_cert_chain "const SSL *ssl"
14.Sh DESCRIPTION
15.Fn SSL_get_peer_cert_chain
16returns a pointer to
17.Dv STACK_OF Ns Po Vt X509 Pc
18certificates forming the certificate chain of the peer.
19If called on the client side, the stack also contains the peer's certificate;
20if called on the server side, the peer's certificate must be obtained
21separately using
22.Xr SSL_get_peer_certificate 3 .
23If the peer did not present a certificate,
24.Dv NULL
25is returned.
26.Sh NOTES
27The peer certificate chain is not necessarily available after reusing a
28session, in which case a
29.Dv NULL
30pointer is returned.
31.Pp
32The reference count of the
33.Dv STACK_OF Ns Po Vt X509 Pc
34object is not incremented.
35If the corresponding session is freed, the pointer must not be used any longer.
36.Sh RETURN VALUES
37The following return values can occur:
38.Bl -tag -width Ds
39.It Dv NULL
40No certificate was presented by the peer or no connection was established or
41the certificate chain is no longer available when a session is reused.
42.It Pointer to a Dv STACK_OF Ns Po X509 Pc
43The return value points to the certificate chain presented by the peer.
44.El
45.Sh SEE ALSO
46.Xr ssl 3 ,
47.Xr SSL_get_peer_certificate 3
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