g_tls_client_connection_new ()

GIOStream *
g_tls_client_connection_new (GIOStream *base_io_stream,
                             GSocketConnectable *server_identity,
                             GError **error);

Creates a new GTlsClientConnection wrapping base_io_stream (which must have pollable input and output streams) which is assumed to communicate with the server identified by server_identity .

See the documentation for “base-io-stream” for restrictions on when application code can run operations on the base_io_stream after this function has returned.

Since: 2.28

g_tls_client_connection_set_server_identity ()

void
g_tls_client_connection_set_server_identity
                               (GTlsClientConnection *conn,
                                GSocketConnectable *identity);

Sets conn 's expected server identity, which is used both to tell servers on virtual hosts which certificate to present, and also to let conn know what name to look for in the certificate when performing G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_BAD_IDENTITY validation, if enabled.

Since: 2.28

g_tls_client_connection_get_server_identity ()

GSocketConnectable *
g_tls_client_connection_get_server_identity
                               (GTlsClientConnection *conn);

Gets conn 's expected server identity

Since: 2.28

g_tls_client_connection_set_validation_flags ()

void
g_tls_client_connection_set_validation_flags
                               (GTlsClientConnection *conn,
                                GTlsCertificateFlags flags);

Sets conn 's validation flags, to override the default set of checks performed when validating a server certificate. By default, G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_VALIDATE_ALL is used.

Since: 2.28

g_tls_client_connection_get_validation_flags ()

GTlsCertificateFlags
g_tls_client_connection_get_validation_flags
                               (GTlsClientConnection *conn);

Gets conn 's validation flags

Since: 2.28

g_tls_client_connection_set_use_ssl3 ()

void
g_tls_client_connection_set_use_ssl3 (GTlsClientConnection *conn,
                                      gboolean use_ssl3);

Since GLib 2.42.1, SSL 3.0 is no longer supported.

From GLib 2.42.1 through GLib 2.62, this function could be used to force use of TLS 1.0, the lowest-supported TLS protocol version at the time. In the past, this was needed to connect to broken TLS servers that exhibited protocol version intolerance. Such servers are no longer common, and using TLS 1.0 is no longer considered acceptable.

Since GLib 2.64, this function does nothing.

Since: 2.28

g_tls_client_connection_get_use_ssl3 ()

gboolean
g_tls_client_connection_get_use_ssl3 (GTlsClientConnection *conn);

SSL 3.0 is no longer supported. See g_tls_client_connection_set_use_ssl3() for details.

Since: 2.28

g_tls_client_connection_get_accepted_cas ()

GList *
g_tls_client_connection_get_accepted_cas
                               (GTlsClientConnection *conn);

Gets the list of distinguished names of the Certificate Authorities that the server will accept certificates from. This will be set during the TLS handshake if the server requests a certificate. Otherwise, it will be NULL.

Each item in the list is a GByteArray which contains the complete subject DN of the certificate authority.

Since: 2.28

g_tls_client_connection_copy_session_state ()

void
g_tls_client_connection_copy_session_state
                               (GTlsClientConnection *conn,
                                GTlsClientConnection *source);

Possibly copies session state from one connection to another, for use in TLS session resumption. This is not normally needed, but may be used when the same session needs to be used between different endpoints, as is required by some protocols, such as FTP over TLS. source should have already completed a handshake and, since TLS 1.3, it should have been used to read data at least once. conn should not have completed a handshake.

It is not possible to know whether a call to this function will actually do anything. Because session resumption is normally used only for performance benefit, the TLS backend might not implement this function. Even if implemented, it may not actually succeed in allowing conn to resume source 's TLS session, because the server may not have sent a session resumption token to source , or it may refuse to accept the token from conn . There is no way to know whether a call to this function is actually successful.

Using this function is not required to benefit from session resumption. If the TLS backend supports session resumption, the session will be resumed automatically if it is possible to do so without weakening the privacy guarantees normally provided by TLS, without need to call this function. For example, with TLS 1.3, a session ticket will be automatically copied from any GTlsClientConnection that has previously received session tickets from the server, provided a ticket is available that has not previously been used for session resumption, since session ticket reuse would be a privacy weakness. Using this function causes the ticket to be copied without regard for privacy considerations.

Since: 2.46

GTlsClientConnection

typedef struct _GTlsClientConnection GTlsClientConnection;

Abstract base class for the backend-specific client connection type.

Since: 2.28

struct GTlsClientConnectionInterface

struct GTlsClientConnectionInterface {
  GTypeInterface g_iface;

  void     ( *copy_session_state )     (GTlsClientConnection       *conn,
                                        GTlsClientConnection       *source);
};

vtable for a GTlsClientConnection implementation.

Since: 2.26

The “accepted-cas” property

  “accepted-cas”             gpointer

A list of the distinguished names of the Certificate Authorities that the server will accept client certificates signed by. If the server requests a client certificate during the handshake, then this property will be set after the handshake completes.

Each item in the list is a GByteArray which contains the complete subject DN of the certificate authority.

[element-type GLib.ByteArray]

Owner: GTlsClientConnection

Flags: Read

Since: 2.28

The “server-identity” property

  “server-identity”          GSocketConnectable *

A GSocketConnectable describing the identity of the server that is expected on the other end of the connection.

If the G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_BAD_IDENTITY flag is set in “validation-flags”, this object will be used to determine the expected identify of the remote end of the connection; if “server-identity” is not set, or does not match the identity presented by the server, then the G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_BAD_IDENTITY validation will fail.

In addition to its use in verifying the server certificate, this is also used to give a hint to the server about what certificate we expect, which is useful for servers that serve virtual hosts.

Owner: GTlsClientConnection

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Since: 2.28

The “use-ssl3” property

  “use-ssl3”                 gboolean

SSL 3.0 is no longer supported. See g_tls_client_connection_set_use_ssl3() for details.

Owner: GTlsClientConnection

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.28

The “validation-flags” property

  “validation-flags”         GTlsCertificateFlags

What steps to perform when validating a certificate received from a server. Server certificates that fail to validate in any of the ways indicated here will be rejected unless the application overrides the default via “accept-certificate”.

Owner: GTlsClientConnection

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_UNKNOWN_CA | G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_BAD_IDENTITY | G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_NOT_ACTIVATED | G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_EXPIRED | G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_REVOKED | G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_INSECURE | G_TLS_CERTIFICATE_GENERIC_ERROR

Since: 2.28