CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY - pinned public key
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY, char *pinnedpubkey);
curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY - pinned public key
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY,
char *pinnedpubkey);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. The string can
be the file name of your pinned public key. The file format expected is
"PEM" or "DER". The string can also be any number of base64 encoded
sha256 hashes preceded by "sha256//" and separated by ";"
When negotiating a TLS or SSL connection, the server sends a certifi-
cate indicating its identity. A public key is extracted from this cer-
tificate and if it does not exactly match the public key provided to
this option, curl will abort the connection before sending or receiving
any data.
On mismatch, CURLE_SSL_PINNEDPUBKEYNOTMATCH is returned.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
this option.
DEFAULT
NULL
PROTOCOLS
All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY, "/etc/publickey.der");
/* OR
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY, "sha256//YhKJKSzoTt2b5FP18fvpHo7fJYqQCjAa3HWY3tvRMwE=;sha256//t62CeU2tQiqkexU74Gxa2eg7fRbEgoChTociMee9wno=");
*/
/* Perform the request */
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
PUBLIC KEY EXTRACTION
If you do not have the server's public key file you can extract it from
the server's certificate.
# retrieve the server's certificate if you do not already have it
#
# be sure to examine the certificate to see if it is what you expected
#
# Windows-specific:
# - Use NUL instead of /dev/null.
# - OpenSSL may wait for input instead of disconnecting. Hit enter.
# - If you do not have sed, then just copy the certificate into a file:
# Lines from -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- to -----END CERTIFICATE-----.
#
openssl s_client -servername www.example.com -connect www.example.com:443 < /dev/null | sed -n "/-----BEGIN/,/-----END/p" > www.example.com.pem
# extract public key in pem format from certificate
openssl x509 -in www.example.com.pem -pubkey -noout > www.example.com.pubkey.pem
# convert public key from pem to der
openssl asn1parse -noout -inform pem -in www.example.com.pubkey.pem -out www.example.com.pubkey.der
# sha256 hash and base64 encode der to string for use
openssl dgst -sha256 -binary www.example.com.pubkey.der | openssl base64
The public key in PEM format contains a header, base64 data and a
footer:
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
[BASE 64 DATA]
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
AVAILABILITY
PEM/DER support:
7.39.0: OpenSSL, GnuTLS
7.39.0-7.48.0,7.58.1+: GSKit
7.43.0: NSS and wolfSSL
7.47.0: mbedtls
7.54.1: SecureTransport on macOS 10.7+/iOS 10+
7.58.1: SChannel
sha256 support:
7.44.0: OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS and wolfSSL
7.47.0: mbedtls
7.54.1: SecureTransport on macOS 10.7+/iOS 10+
7.58.1: SChannel Windows XP SP3+
Other SSL backends not supported.
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if TLS enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | web/curl |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3), CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST(3), CUR-
LOPT_CAINFO(3), CURLOPT_CAPATH(3),
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://curl.se/down-
load/curl-7.83.1.tar.bz2.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://curl.haxx.se/.
libcurl 7.83.1 November 26, 2021
CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY(3)