verifying ssl certificates

[Christopher N. Deckard]

I was wondering if anyone has some sample code, or could point me at
some documentation, to where I can see how to verify SSL
certificates after making an SSL connection via sockets.  Is it as
simple as comparing the response of the server to that of something
in a file?

Thanks,
-Chris

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