Reference

libressl-SSL_get_certificate(3)

get SSL certificate and private key

NAME

SSL_get_certificate, SSL_get_privatekey – get SSL certificate and private key

SYNOPSIS

SSL Library (libssl, -lssl) libcrypto

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

X509 *

SSL_get_certificate(const SSL *ssl);

EVP_PKEY *

SSL_get_privatekey(const SSL *ssl);

DESCRIPTION

These functions retrieve certificate and key data from an SSL object. They return internal pointers that must not be freed by the application program.

RETURN VALUES

SSL_get_certificate() returns the active X.509 certificate currently used by ssl or NULL if none is active.

SSL_get_privatekey() returns the active private key currently used by ssl or NULL if none is active.

SEE ALSO

ssl(3), SSL_check_private_key(3), SSL_use_certificate(3)

HISTORY

SSL_get_certificate() first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.2a. SSL_get_privatekey() first appeared in SSLeay 0.8.0. Both functions have been available since OpenBSD 2.4.