[#SSL_CTX_set_verify_depth]
= SSL_CTX_set_verify_depth
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Set the maximum depth of CA certificates allowed above the peer for context‐wide verification.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/ssl.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
void
SSL_CTX_set_verify_depth(
    xref:SSL_CTX.adoc[SSL_CTX]* ctx,
    int depth);
----

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *ctx*
| SSL context whose default verify depth is set (inherited by SSL_new).
| *depth*
| Maximum number of intermediate CA certificates permitted in the chain.
|===


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