Verification Process

SSL peer certificate verification in Texis/Vortex is handled by OpenSSL (except where noted below), and consists of a number of steps as listed here. For more details, see the OpenSSL verify command documentation, at www.openssl.org/docs/ online.

• Certificate Presentation
• Chain Completion
  • Finding Issuer Certificates
• Extensions Check
• Root CA Trust
• Chain Expiration and Signature
• Common Name Matches Hostname