gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits(3) gnutls gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits(3)

gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits - API function

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

void gnutls_certificate_set_verify_limits(gnutls_certificate_credentials_t res, unsigned int max_bits, unsigned int max_depth);

is a gnutls_certificate_credentials type
is the number of bits of an acceptable certificate (default 8200)
is maximum depth of the verification of a certificate chain (default 5)

This function will set some upper limits for the default verification function, gnutls_certificate_verify_peers2(), to avoid denial of service attacks. You can set them to zero to disable limits.

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