hx509_crypto(3)

💖 hx509_crypto — a manual page for the Heimdal x509 library, bestie edition 💖

okay so like. you found the page for hx509_crypto(3), from the Heimdal x509 library. this is the crypto corner of the house. there's literally one function here and she is doing the most. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

hx509_crypto — hx509 crypto functions 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

🦋 Functions

int hx509_verify_signature (hx509_context context, const hx509_cert
    signer, const AlgorithmIdentifier *alg, const heim_octet_string
    *data, const heim_octet_string *sig)

that's it. that's the whole roster. one icon. one main character. 👑

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✨ Detailed Description ✨

ngl there is no big dramatic paragraph here — the description section is just vibing and letting the function speak for itself. so scroll down, the tea is in the function docs 🍓

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✨ Function Documentation ✨

🌸 int hx509_verify_signature (hx509_context context, const hx509_cert signer, const AlgorithmIdentifier * alg, const heim_octet_string * data, const heim_octet_string * sig)

so what does she do?? she verifies a signature that was made using the private key of a certificate. yes bestie, the private key made it, and we're checking it with the cert. it's giving trust issues but make it cryptography. 🔥

💜 Parameters

• context — a hx509 context. your whole lil world for this call, basically.
• signer — the certificate that made the signature. the one who did the thing. 💅
• alg — the algorithm that was used to sign the data.
• data — the data that was signed.
• sig — the signature to verify. the receipts, if you will. 🧾

💜 Returns

An hx509 error code, see hx509_get_error_string(). so like, if you wanna know what the number means, go ask that function. iykyk. 😌

fr fr, that's the whole return story — an hx509 error code, and hx509_get_error_string() is your translator.

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✨ Author ✨

Generated automatically by Doxygen for Heimdal x509 library from the source code. so no human author to stan, the robots did this one. iconic of them honestly 🤖✨

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okay that's the whole page!! this was Version 7.8.0, dated Tue Nov 15 2022, and it's been real. go verify some signatures, bestie, and remember — trust, but verify. 🎀🦋💖