- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- RETURN VALUE
- SEE ALSO
- COPYRIGHT

# NAME

X509_check_ca - check if given certificate is CA certificate

# SYNOPSIS

       #include <openssl/x509v3.h>

       int X509_check_ca(X509 *cert);

# DESCRIPTION

This function checks if given certificate is CA certificate (can be used to sign other certificates).

# RETURN VALUE

Function return 0, if it is not CA certificate, 1 if it is proper X509v3 CA certificate with basicConstraints extension CA:TRUE, 3, if it is self-signed X509 v1 certificate, 4, if it is certificate with keyUsage extension with bit keyCertSign set, but without basicConstraints, and 5 if it has outdated Netscape Certificate Type extension telling that it is CA certificate.

Actually, any non-zero value means that this certificate could have been used to sign other certificates.

# SEE ALSO

X509_verify_cert(3), X509_check_issued(3), X509_check_purpose(3)

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2015-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.