NAME

IO::Socket::SSL::Utils -- loading, storing, creating certificates and keys

SYNOPSIS

use IO::Socket::SSL::Utils;
my $cert = PEM_file2cert('cert.pem');
my $string = PEM_cert2string($cert);
CERT_free($cert);

my $key = KEY_create_rsa(2048);
PEM_string2file($key);
KEY_free($key);

DESCRIPTION

This module provides various utility functions to work with certificates and private keys, shielding some of the complexity of the underlying Net::SSLeay and OpenSSL.

FUNCTIONS

• Functions converting between string or file and certificates and keys. They croak if the operation cannot be completed.

  PEM_file2cert(file) -> cert

  PEM_cert2file(cert,file)

  PEM_string2cert(string) -> cert

  PEM_cert2string(cert) -> string

  PEM_file2key(file) -> key

  PEM_key2file(key,file)

  PEM_string2key(string) -> key

  PEM_key2string(key) -> string

• Functions for cleaning up. Each loaded or created cert and key must be freed to not leak memory.

  CERT_free(cert)

  KEY_free(key)

• KEY_create_rsa(bits) -> key

  Creates an RSA key pair, bits defaults to 2048.

• CERT_asHash(cert,[digest_algo]) -> hash

  Extracts the information from the certificate into a hash and uses the given digest_algo (default: SHA-256) to determine digest of pubkey and cert. The resulting hash contains:

  subject

  Hash with the parts of the subject, e.g. commonName, countryName, organizationName, stateOrProvinceName, localityName.

  subjectAltNames

  Array with list of alternative names. Each entry in the list is of [type,value], where type can be OTHERNAME, EMAIL, DNS, X400, DIRNAME, EDIPARTY, URI, IP or RID.

  issuer

  Hash with the parts of the issuer, e.g. commonName, countryName, organizationName, stateOrProvinceName, localityName.

  not_before, not_after

  The time frame, where the certificate is valid, as time_t, e.g. can be converted with localtime or similar functions.

  serial

  The serial number

  crl_uri

  List if URIs for CRL distribution.

  ocsp_uri

  List if URIs for revocation checking using OCSP.

  keyusage

  List of keyUsage information in the certificate.

  extkeyusage

  List of extended key usage information from the certificate. Each entry in this list consists of a hash with oid, nid, ln and sn.

  pubkey_digest_xxx

  Binary digest of the pubkey using the given digest algorithm, e.g. pubkey_digest_sha256 if (the default) SHA-256 was used.

  cert_digest_xxx

  Binary digest of the certificate using the given digest algorithm, e.g. cert_digest_sha256 if (the default) SHA-256 was used.

  fingerprint_xxx

  Fingerprint of the certificate using the given digest algorithm, e.g. fingerprint_sha256 if (the default) SHA-256 was used. Contrary to digest_* this is an ASCII string with a list if hexadecimal numbers, e.g. "73:59:75:5C:6D...".

  ext

  List of extensions. Each entry in the list is a hash with oid, nid, sn, critical flag (boolean) and data (string representation given by X509V3_EXT_print).

  version

  Certificate version, usually 2 (x509v3)

• CERT_create(hash) -> (cert,key)

  Creates a certificate based on the given hash. If the issuer is not specified the certificate will be self-signed. The following keys can be given:

  subject

  Hash with the parts of the subject, e.g. commonName, countryName, ... as described in CERT_asHash. Default points to IO::Socket::SSL.

  not_before

  A time_t value when the certificate starts to be valid. Defaults to current time.

  not_after

  A time_t value when the certificate ends to be valid. Defaults to current time plus one 365 days.

  serial

  The serial number. If not given a random number will be used.

  version

  The version of the certificate, default 2 (x509v3).

  CA true|false

  if true declare certificate as CA, defaults to false

  key key

  use given key as key for certificate, otherwise a new one will be generated and returned

  issuer_cert cert

  set issuer for new certificate

  issuer_key key

  sign new certificate with given key

  issuer [ cert, key ]

  Instead of giving issuer_key and issuer_cert as separate arguments they can be given both together.

  digest algorithm

  specify the algorithm used to sign the certificate, default SHA-256.

AUTHOR

Steffen Ullrich