the NUL-terminated string <b>address</b> is first converted to the internal representation.</p>

<p>The <b>flags</b> argument is usually 0. It can be the bitwise OR of the flags:</p>

<dl>

<dt id="X509_CHECK_FLAG_ALWAYS_CHECK_SUBJECT"><b>X509_CHECK_FLAG_ALWAYS_CHECK_SUBJECT</b>,</dt>
<dd>

</dd>
<dt id="X509_CHECK_FLAG_NEVER_CHECK_SUBJECT"><b>X509_CHECK_FLAG_NEVER_CHECK_SUBJECT</b>,</dt>
<dd>

</dd>
<dt id="X509_CHECK_FLAG_NO_WILDCARDS"><b>X509_CHECK_FLAG_NO_WILDCARDS</b>,</dt>
<dd>

</dd>
<dt id="X509_CHE