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NAME

CSSM_TP_RetrieveCredResult — Return the results of the credentials request (CDSA)

SYNOPSIS

# include <cssm.h>
CSSM_RETURN CSSMAPI CSSM_TP_RetrieveCredResult
(CSSM_TP_HANDLE TPHandle,
const CSSM_DATA *ReferenceIdentifier,
const CSSM_TP_CALLERAUTH_CONTEXT *CallerAuthCredentials,
sint32 *EstimatedTime,
CSSM_BOOL *ConfirmationRequired,
CSSM_TP_RESULT_SET_PTR *RetrieveOutput)

LIBRARY

Common Security Services Manager library (cdsa$incssm300_shr.exe)

PARAMETERS

TPHandle (input) 

The handle that describes the certification authority module used to perform this function.

ReferenceIdentifier (input)
  

A reference identifier that uniquely identifies the CSSM_TP_SubmitCredRequest() call that initiated the certificate service request whose results are returned by this function. The identifier persists across application executions and becomes undefined when all local processing of the request has completed.

Local processing is completed in one of two ways:

  • For certificate services that do not require explicit confirmation by the requester, the reference identifier is invalidated when the corresponding CSSM_TP_RetrieveCredResult() function completes (by returning valid results or by failure, which blocks returned results).

  • For certificate services that require explicit confirmation by the requester, the reference identifier is invalidated by successfully invoking the function CSSM_TP_ConfirmCredResult().

CallerAuthCredentials (input/optional)
  

This structure contains a set of caller authentication credentials. The authentication information can be a passphrase, a PIN, a completed registration form, a certificate, or a template of user-specific data. The required set of credentials is defined by the service provider module and recorded in a record in the MDS Primary relation. Multiple credentials can be required. If the local service provider module does not require credentials from a caller, then the Credentials field of this verification context structure can be NULL. The structure optionally contains additional credentials that can be used to support the authentication process. Authentication credentials required by the authority should be included in the RequestInput. The local TP module can forward information from CallerAuthCredentials to the authority, as appropriate, but is not required to do so.

EstimatedTime (output)
  

The number of seconds estimated before the results of a requested service will be returned to the requester. When the local TP module or the authority process cannot estimate the time required to perform the requested service, the output value for estimated time is CSSM_ESTIMATED_TIME_UNKNOWN.

ConfirmationRequired (output)
  

A Boolean value indicating whether the caller must invoke CSSM_TP_ConfirmCredResult() to acknowledge retrieving the results of the service request. CSSM_TRUE indicates the caller must call CSSM_TP_ConfirmCredResult(). CSSM_FALSE indicates that the caller must not call CSSM_TP_ConfirmCredResult(). The value of this output parameter is not applicable until CSSM_TP_RetrieveCredResult() completes by returning results of the request or terminates in unrecoverable failure.

RetrieveOutput (output)
  

A pointer to the results returned by the authority in response to the service requests submitted by CSSM_TP_SubmitCredRequest(). The output results are ordered corresponding to the requests. The structure of the response set is determined by the type of request. The caller and the service provider must retain knowledge of the request type associated with the ReferenceIdentifier.

DESCRIPTION

This function returns the results of a CSSM_TP_SubmitCredRequest() call.

The single identifier ReferenceIdentifier denotes the CSSM_TP_SubmitCredRequest() invocation that initiated the request.

It is possible that the results are not ready to be retrieved when this call is made. In that case, an EstimatedTime to complete processing is returned. The caller must attempt to retrieve the results again after the estimated time to completion has elapsed.

This function can fail in total for any one of the following reasons:

  • The reference identifier is invalid.

  • The TP process cannot be located.

  • The TP process encountered a fatal error when attempting to process the requests.

When this function completes, the set of return results is ordered corresponding to the order of the originating request.

Some certificate services require the requester to confirm retrieval of the results. The ConfirmationRequired parameter indicates whether the caller must confirm completion of CSSM_TP_RetrieveCredResult() by calling CSSM_TP_ConfirmCredResult().

RETURN VALUE

A CSSM_RETURN value combined with estimated time to indicate one of three results:

Complete FunctionFunction ReturnRetrieveOutputEstimatedTime
ResultValue  
Request results returned to callerCSSM_OKNon-NULL pointerNA
Request results not ready, but expected in the futureCSSM_OKNULL pointerCSSM_ESTIMATED_TIME_ UNKNOWN or <estimated seconds>
Fatal Error, results will never be returned(!CSSM_OK)NANA

The (!CSSM_OK) return value represents a specific error code.

ERRORS

Errors are described in the CDSA Technical Standard.

CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_IDENTIFIER_POINTER
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_IDENTIFIER
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_CALLERAUTH_CONTEXT_POINTER
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_POLICY_IDENTIFIERS
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_TIMESTRING
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_STOP_ON_POLICY
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_CALLBACK
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_ANCHOR_CERT
CSSMERR_TP_CERTGROUP_INCOMPLETE
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_DL_HANDLE
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_DB_HANDLE
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_DB_LIST_POINTER
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_DB_LIST
CSSMERR_TP_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED
CSSMERR_TP_INSUFFICIENT_CREDENTIALS
CSSMERR_TP_NOT_TRUSTED
CSSMERR_TP_CERT_REVOKED
CSSMERR_TP_CERT_SUSPENDED
CSSMERR_TP_CERT_EXPIRED
CSSMERR_TP_CERT_NOT_VALID_YET
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_CERT_AUTHORITY
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_SIGNATURE
CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_NAME
CSSMERR_TP_REQUEST_LOST
CSSMERR_TP_REQUEST_REJECTED

SEE ALSO

Books

Intel CDSA Application Developer's Guide

Online Help

Functions for the CSSM API:

CSSM_TP_SubmitCredRequest

Functions for the TP SPI:

TP_SubmitCredRequest