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5.Dd $Mdocdate: May 24 2018 $
6.Dt FIDO_ASSERT_VERIFY 3
7.Os
8.Sh NAME
9.Nm fido_assert_verify
10.Nd verifies the signature of a FIDO 2 assertion statement
11.Sh SYNOPSIS
12.In fido.h
13.Ft int
14.Fn fido_assert_verify "fido_assert_t *assert" "size_t idx" "int cose_alg" "const void *pk"
15.Sh DESCRIPTION
16The
17.Fn fido_assert_verify
18function verifies whether the signature contained in statement index
19.Fa idx
20of
21.Fa assert
22matches the parameters of the assertion.
23Before using
24.Fn fido_assert_verify
25in a sensitive context, the reader is strongly encouraged to make
26herself familiar with the FIDO 2 assertion statement process
27as defined in the Web Authentication (webauthn) standard.
28.Pp
29A brief description follows:
30.Pp
31The
32.Fn fido_assert_verify
33function verifies whether the client data hash, relying party ID,
34user presence and user verification attributes of
35.Fa assert
36have been attested by the holder of the private counterpart of
37the public key
38.Fa pk
39of COSE type
40.Fa cose_alg ,
41where
42.Fa cose_alg
43is
44.Dv COSE_ES256 ,
45.Dv COSE_RS256 ,
46or
47.Dv COSE_EDDSA ,
48and
49.Fa pk
50points to a
51.Vt es256_pk_t ,
52.Vt rs256_pk_t ,
53or
54.Vt eddsa_pk_t
55type accordingly.
56.Pp
57Please note that the first statement in
58.Fa assert
59has an
60.Fa idx
61of 0.
62.Sh RETURN VALUES
63The error codes returned by
64.Fn fido_assert_verify
65are defined in
66.In fido/err.h .
67If
68statement
69.Fa idx
70of
71.Fa assert
72passes verification with
73.Fa pk ,
74then
75.Dv FIDO_OK
76is returned.
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr fido_assert_new 3 ,
79.Xr fido_assert_set_authdata 3
80