"D. K. Smetters" wrote: > > > It is true you can get to the SSL structure from the ex_data in the > X509_STORE_CTX (thanks very much for pointing that out, I had missed > it entirely). However, a) it's not easy to find (though I may just be > blinder than most :-), and b) while it's available through the ex_data > field, I don't think it's presence there is documented, and I as a user > of the code wouldn't be sure that it's presence there was meant to be > used by callbacks or something I could really rely on from version > to version of OpenSSL.
It is documented now at least in the SSL_get_ex_data_X509_STORE_CTX_idx() manual page and includes an example. Like most OpenSSL functions its guaranteed to work until someone can think of a good enough reason to break it :-) Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk/ Personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior crypto engineer, Gemplus: http://www.gemplus.com/ Core developer of the OpenSSL project: http://www.openssl.org/ Business Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key: via homepage. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
