Re: Detecting in an SSL client that the server asked for a client certificate

2013-11-23 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013, Nabla C0d3 wrote: > Hi, > > I would like my SSL client to be able to detect when the server it's > connecting to requested a client cert. If the client doesn't provide a > cert, the SSL handshake fails with "SSL alert number 40". However, AFAIK > this error could be triggere

Detecting in an SSL client that the server asked for a client certificate

2013-11-23 Thread Nabla C0d3
Hi, I would like my SSL client to be able to detect when the server it's connecting to requested a client cert. If the client doesn't provide a cert, the SSL handshake fails with "SSL alert number 40". However, AFAIK this error could be triggered by other problems with the handshake, so I can't us