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<h4 class="subsection">7.1.2 Simple client example with SSH-style certificate verification</h4>

<p>This is an alternative verification function that will use the
X.509 certificate authorities for verification, but also assume an
trust on first use (SSH-like) authentication system. That is the user is 
prompted on unknown public keys and known public keys are considered 
trusted.
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<pre class="verbatim">/* This example code is placed in the public domain. */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include &lt;config.h&gt;
#endif

#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;
#include &lt;string.h&gt;
#include &lt;gnutls/gnutls.h&gt;
#include &lt;gnutls/x509.h&gt;
#include &lt;assert.h&gt;
#include &quot;examples.h&quot;

#define CHECK(x) assert((x)&gt;=0)

/* This function will verify the peer's certificate, check
 * if the hostname matches. In addition it will perform an
 * SSH-style authentication, where ultimately trusted keys
 * are only the keys that have been seen before.
 */
int _ssh_verify_certificate_callback(gnutls_session_t session)
{
        unsigned int status;
        const gnutls_datum_t *cert_list;
        unsigned int cert_list_size;
        int ret, type;
        gnutls_datum_t out;
        const char *hostname;

        /* read hostname */
        hostname = gnutls_session_get_ptr(session);

        /* This verification function uses the trusted CAs in the credentials
         * structure. So you must have installed one or more CA certificates.
         */
        CHECK(gnutls_certificate_verify_peers3(session, hostname, &amp;status));

        type = gnutls_certificate_type_get(session);

        CHECK(gnutls_certificate_verification_status_print(status,
                                                           type, &amp;out, 0));
        printf(&quot;%s&quot;, out.data);

        gnutls_free(out.data);

        if (status != 0)        /* Certificate is not trusted */
                return GNUTLS_E_CERTIFICATE_ERROR;

        /* Do SSH verification */
        cert_list = gnutls_certificate_get_peers(session, &amp;cert_list_size);
        if (cert_list == NULL) {
                printf(&quot;No certificate was found!\n&quot;);
                return GNUTLS_E_CERTIFICATE_ERROR;
        }

        /* service may be obtained alternatively using getservbyport() */
        ret = gnutls_verify_stored_pubkey(NULL, NULL, hostname, &quot;https&quot;,
                                          type, &amp;cert_list[0], 0);
        if (ret == GNUTLS_E_NO_CERTIFICATE_FOUND) {
                printf(&quot;Host %s is not known.&quot;, hostname);
                if (status == 0)
                        printf(&quot;Its certificate is valid for %s.\n&quot;,
                               hostname);

                /* the certificate must be printed and user must be asked on
                 * whether it is trustworthy. --see gnutls_x509_crt_print() */

                /* if not trusted */
                return GNUTLS_E_CERTIFICATE_ERROR;
        } else if (ret == GNUTLS_E_CERTIFICATE_KEY_MISMATCH) {
                printf
                    (&quot;Warning: host %s is known but has another key associated.&quot;,
                     hostname);
                printf
                    (&quot;It might be that the server has multiple keys, or you are under attack\n&quot;);
                if (status == 0)
                        printf(&quot;Its certificate is valid for %s.\n&quot;,
                               hostname);

                /* the certificate must be printed and user must be asked on
                 * whether it is trustworthy. --see gnutls_x509_crt_print() */

                /* if not trusted */
                return GNUTLS_E_CERTIFICATE_ERROR;
        } else if (ret &lt; 0) {
                printf(&quot;gnutls_verify_stored_pubkey: %s\n&quot;,
                       gnutls_strerror(ret));
                return ret;
        }

        /* user trusts the key -&gt; store it */
        if (ret != 0) {
                CHECK(gnutls_store_pubkey(NULL, NULL, hostname, &quot;https&quot;,
                                          type, &amp;cert_list[0], 0, 0));
        }

        /* notify gnutls to continue handshake normally */
        return 0;
}
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