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gnutls_x509_crt_check_hostname - API function

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

unsigned gnutls_x509_crt_check_hostname(gnutls_x509_crt_t */cert/, const char * hostname);*

gnutls_x509_crt_t cert

should contain an gnutls_x509_crt_t type

const char * hostname

A null terminated string that contains a DNS name

This function will check if the given certificate’s subject matches the given hostname. This is a basic implementation of the matching described in RFC6125, and takes into account wildcards, and the DNSName/IPAddress subject alternative name PKIX extension.

For details see also gnutls_x509_crt_check_hostname2().

non-zero for a successful match, and zero on failure.

Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.
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