SSL_SET_VERIFY_RESULT(3SSL)

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💖 SSL_SET_VERIFY_RESULT 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the OpenSSL girlies' corner of the manual — this one's from the 3SSL family, and it's a lil function called SSL_set_verify_result. she's short, she's sweet, and she's lowkey powerful in a chaotic way. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

SSL_set_verify_result — override result of peer certificate verification

like, you just rewrite the vibe of whether the peer's cert checked out. no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

void SSL_set_verify_result(SSL *ssl, long verify_result);

that's it. that's the whole signature. she takes an SSL *ssl and a long verify_result and gives you literally nothing back. icon behavior, honestly. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so SSL_set_verify_result() sets verify_result of the object ssl to be the result of the verification of the X509 certificate presented by the peer, if any.

so like — you're telling the ssl object "hey babes, here's the tea on whether that cert passed." and if the peer didn't present one at all? "if any" — no cert, no problem, you still get to set the value. 🫶

💀 NOTES 💀

okay this is the part where you need to pay attention, bestie, because this function is a little sneaky.

  • SSL_set_verify_result() overrides the verification result. it only changes the verification result of the ssl object.
  • it does NOT become part of the established session. so if the session is to be reused later, the original value will reappear. 😭 like not me setting a value and then the session just... forgetting it. the audacity.
  • the valid codes for verify_result are documented in openssl-verify(1).
⚠️ fr fr, that session-reuse thing is a real gotcha. you override it, you feel powerful, the session gets reused, and boom — original value is back like it never left. main character energy from the original value, honestly.

🎀 RETURN VALUES 🎀

SSL_set_verify_result() does not provide a return value.

nope! nothing! she's void, she gives you zero feedback, she simply does the thing and walks away. ⭐

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read those too, iykyk 💜

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Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (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>.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this gorgeous lil doc is from OpenSSL 4.0.3</>, dated 2026-09-29</>, and it lives under the manual name SSL_SET_VERIFY_RESULT(3SSL). slay, go forth, and set those verify results responsibly 💖✨🍓

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