| Description: | Checks the chain of trust of a certificate. |
| Returns: | Boolean |
Usage:  |
Script Only. |
| Function Groups: | Certificates |
| Related to: | AddCertificate | FindCertificate | GetCertificateInfo | ListCertificates | MakeSelfSignedCertificate | RemoveCertificate | SetCertificateProperty |
| Format: |
CheckCertificateChain(CertificateBlob) |
| Parameters: |
|
CertificateBLOB |
| Required. A buffer holding a DER-binary encoded certificate BLOB (binary large object) of the certificate to add. |
| Comments |
This statement verifies that the supplied certificate BLOB has a chain of trust to a trusted root certificate installed on the local computer, that the certificate has not been revoked and that it is otherwise valid. |
Example:
CertIsTrusted = CheckCertificateChain(ServerCertBlob);
This will verify that ServerCertBlob is a trusted certificate or has a valid chain of trust to a trusted root certificate. CertIsTrusted will be set TRUE if it is trusted, FALSE if it is not and Invalid if the parameter is not a valid certificate BLOB.
