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PKCS12_parse(3)                                    OpenSSL                                   PKCS12_parse(3)



NAME
       PKCS12_parse - parse a PKCS#12 structure

SYNOPSIS
        #include <openssl/pkcs12.h>

       int PKCS12_parse(PKCS12 *p12, const char *pass, EVP_PKEY **pkey, X509 **cert, STACK_OF(X509) **ca);

DESCRIPTION
       PKCS12_parse() parses a PKCS12 structure.

       p12 is the PKCS12 structure to parse. pass is the passphrase to use.  If successful the private key
       will be written to *pkey, the corresponding certificate to *cert and any additional certificates to
       *ca.

NOTES
       The parameters pkey and cert cannot be NULL. ca can be <NULL> in which case additional certificates
       will be discarded. *ca can also be a valid STACK in which case additional certificates are appended
       to *ca. If *ca is NULL a new STACK will be allocated.

       The friendlyName and localKeyID attributes (if present) on each certificate will be stored in the
       alias and keyid attributes of the X509 structure.

BUGS
       Only a single private key and corresponding certificate is returned by this function.  More complex
       PKCS#12 files with multiple private keys will only return the first match.

       Only friendlyName and localKeyID attributes are currently stored in certificates.  Other attributes
       are discarded.

       Attributes currently cannot be store in the private key EVP_PKEY structure.

SEE ALSO
       d2i_PKCS12(3)

HISTORY
       PKCS12_parse was added in OpenSSL 0.9.3



0.9.7l                                           2002-10-09                                  PKCS12_parse(3)