CheckCertificate (Stringlist function)

Check format of base64 encoded certificate (Stringlist class)

[Requires Janus Network Security]

This method checks an SSL certificate request against a private key.

Syntax

%rc = sl:CheckCertificate( [PrivateKey=] stringlist, [[Password=] string])

Syntax terms

%rc	An, optional, numeric variable that is set to zero if the function is a success. The possible return codes are described below in "Return codes".
sl	A Stringlist object that contains the certificate to be checked.
PrivateKey	This name allowed parameter is a Stringlist object that contains an RSA-generated private key.
Password	This optional, name allowed, parameter is a string that contains a password to decrypt the private key, if necessary.

Examples

In the following example, the CheckCertificate method checks a Janus Security-generated certificate against its Janus Security-generated private key.

... text to %cert = new raw -----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- MIIBzjCCATcCAQAwgY8xDDAKBgNVBAYTA1VTQTELMAkGA1UECBMCTUExEjAQBgNV BAcTCUNhbWJyaWRnZTEdMBsGA1UEChMUU2lyaXVzIFNvZnR3YXJlIEluYy4xHTAb BgNVBAsTFFNvZnR3YXJlIERldmVsb3BtZW50MSAwHgYDVQQDExd3d3cuc2lyaXVz LXNvZnR3YXJlLmNvbTCBnTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOBiwAwgYcCgYEAtR70c/uS XL/o2pTi9YZnZv8BRLZP95ErHYWR1juQZJc3nCEEduNMAZFIAbrGLm4k2QRZn2+l qKomoJp/FAYhvH3a0OfmnNfp4csuEXrqr93Vi8Q1UyxlqLMNFRGWjtG2ZpU2rd23 pqfBmSHddlijsK/4zJSGohiGBNiP/EUeCC8CAQOgADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFAAOB gQCmbEAleV+6G7jAn9xoW5Aprp2TCM/lRiVy7Rc9XRdCy0fauxSdRJcACU1IPVxJ koU03s4tJiXkg5PkYQKvQwFkJsmTgqHlf5G87NmWZwBeM2VflmqD8UuYHil89o+w QnWOpiuPMHuIF+A0/zF8S+4nUPoqGn466L4aC2tXweWhjw== -----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- end text text to %pk = new raw -----BEGIN X509 CERTIFICATE----- MIICkTCCAfoCBQHClCdRMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAMIGPMQwwCgYDVQQGEwNVU0Ex CzAJBgNVBAgTAk1BMRIwEAYDVQQHEwlDYW1icmlkZ2UxHTAbBgNVBAoTFFNpcml1 cyBTb2Z0d2FyZSBJbmMuMR0wGwYDVQQLExRTb2Z0d2FyZSBEZXZlbG9wbWVudDEg MB4GA1UEAxMXd3d3LnNpcml1cy1zb2Z0d2FyZS5jb20wHhcNMTIwNTA4MjM1MjM0 WhcNMzAwODA5MjM1MjM0WjCBjzEMMAoGA1UEBhMDVVNBMQswCQYDVQQIEwJNQTES MBAGA1UEBxMJQ2FtYnJpZGdlMR0wGwYDVQQKExRTaXJpdXMgU29mdHdhcmUgSW5j LjEdMBsGA1UECxMUU29mdHdhcmUgRGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQxIDAeBgNVBAMTF3d3dy5z aXJpdXMtc29mdHdhcmUuY29tMIGdMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GLADCBhwKBgQC1 HvRz+5Jcv+jalOL1hmdm/wFEtk/3kSsdhZHWO5BklzecIQR240wBkUgBusYubiTZ BFmfb6Woqiagmn8UBiG8fdrQ5+ac1+nhyy4Reuqv3dWLxDVTLGWosw0VEZaO0bZm lTat3bemp8GZId12WKOwr/jMlIaiGIYE2I/8RR4ILwIBAzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQF AAOBgQAtduP6yyMrQTSkJ4v52JlkC1Qhp5yPSLiRi7tXc/sA7i90AY9sUZqBNWWk XQHP9wjddPlRFtK9bP8slqCwfi2u4Ri8kKGSnTcZY/HQIkEAdEZXHCaykq4j4zde bSNI0nOLJK7s5vO934+rIrCxjsLSFXmM8BVVE+QlwEQG3dObsg== -----END X509 CERTIFICATE----- end text %rc = %cert:checkCertificaterequest(%pk) printText {~} is {%rc} ...

The result is shown below:

%rc is 0

See also

• AppendCertificateInfo
• AppendCertificateRequestInfo
• AppendPrivateKeyInfo
• AppendSignedCertificate
• AppendSignedClientCertificate
• CheckCertificateRequest

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