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  135. .IX Title "X509 7"
  136. .TH X509 7 "2022-03-15" "1.1.1n" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. x509 \- X.509 certificate handling
  143. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  144. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  145. .Vb 1
  146. \& #include <openssl/x509.h>
  147. .Ve
  148. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  149. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  150. An X.509 certificate is a structured grouping of information about
  151. an individual, a device, or anything one can imagine. An X.509 \s-1CRL\s0
  152. (certificate revocation list) is a tool to help determine if a
  153. certificate is still valid. The exact definition of those can be
  154. found in the X.509 document from ITU-T, or in \s-1RFC3280\s0 from \s-1PKIX.\s0
  155. In OpenSSL, the type X509 is used to express such a certificate, and
  156. the type X509_CRL is used to express a \s-1CRL.\s0
  157. .PP
  158. A related structure is a certificate request, defined in PKCS#10 from
  159. \&\s-1RSA\s0 Security, Inc, also reflected in \s-1RFC2896.\s0 In OpenSSL, the type
  160. X509_REQ is used to express such a certificate request.
  161. .PP
  162. To handle some complex parts of a certificate, there are the types
  163. X509_NAME (to express a certificate name), X509_ATTRIBUTE (to express
  164. a certificate attribute), X509_EXTENSION (to express a certificate
  165. extension) and a few more.
  166. .PP
  167. Finally, there's the supertype X509_INFO, which can contain a \s-1CRL,\s0 a
  168. certificate and a corresponding private key.
  169. .PP
  170. \&\fBX509_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR, \fBd2i_X509_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR, and \fBi2d_X509_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR functions
  171. handle X.509 certificates, with some exceptions, shown below.
  172. .PP
  173. \&\fBX509_CRL_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR, \fBd2i_X509_CRL_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR, and \fBi2d_X509_CRL_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR
  174. functions handle X.509 CRLs.
  175. .PP
  176. \&\fBX509_REQ_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR, \fBd2i_X509_REQ_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR, and \fBi2d_X509_REQ_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR
  177. functions handle PKCS#10 certificate requests.
  178. .PP
  179. \&\fBX509_NAME_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR functions handle certificate names.
  180. .PP
  181. \&\fBX509_ATTRIBUTE_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR functions handle certificate attributes.
  182. .PP
  183. \&\fBX509_EXTENSION_\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR functions handle certificate extensions.
  184. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  185. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  186. \&\fBX509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object\fR\|(3),
  187. \&\fBX509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt\fR\|(3),
  188. \&\fBX509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID\fR\|(3),
  189. \&\fBX509_NAME_print_ex\fR\|(3),
  190. \&\fBX509_NAME_new\fR\|(3),
  191. \&\fBd2i_X509\fR\|(3),
  192. \&\fBd2i_X509_ALGOR\fR\|(3),
  193. \&\fBd2i_X509_CRL\fR\|(3),
  194. \&\fBd2i_X509_NAME\fR\|(3),
  195. \&\fBd2i_X509_REQ\fR\|(3),
  196. \&\fBd2i_X509_SIG\fR\|(3),
  197. \&\fBX509v3\fR\|(3),
  198. \&\fBcrypto\fR\|(7)
  199. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  200. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  201. Copyright 2003\-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  202. .PP
  203. Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  204. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  205. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  206. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.