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132.\" ========================================================================
133.\"
134.IX Title "ASN1_generate_nconf 3"
135.TH ASN1_generate_nconf 3 "2009-01-11" "0.9.8j" "OpenSSL"
136.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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139.nh
140.SH "NAME"
141ASN1_generate_nconf, ASN1_generate_v3 \- ASN1 generation functions
142.SH "SYNOPSIS"
143.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
144.Vb 2
145\& ASN1_TYPE *ASN1_generate_nconf(char *str, CONF *nconf);
146\& ASN1_TYPE *ASN1_generate_v3(char *str, X509V3_CTX *cnf);
147.Ve
148.SH "DESCRIPTION"
149.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
150These functions generate the \s-1ASN1\s0 encoding of a string
151in an \fB\s-1ASN1_TYPE\s0\fR structure.
152.PP
153\&\fBstr\fR contains the string to encode \fBnconf\fR or \fBcnf\fR contains
154the optional configuration information where additional strings
155will be read from. \fBnconf\fR will typically come from a config
156file wherease \fBcnf\fR is obtained from an \fBX509V3_CTX\fR structure
157which will typically be used by X509 v3 certificate extension
158functions. \fBcnf\fR or \fBnconf\fR can be set to \fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR if no additional
159configuration will be used.
160.SH "GENERATION STRING FORMAT"
161.IX Header "GENERATION STRING FORMAT"
162The actual data encoded is determined by the string \fBstr\fR and
163the configuration information. The general format of the string
164is:
165.IP "\fB[modifier,]type[:value]\fR" 2
166.IX Item "[modifier,]type[:value]"
167.PP
168That is zero or more comma separated modifiers followed by a type
169followed by an optional colon and a value. The formats of \fBtype\fR,
170\&\fBvalue\fR and \fBmodifier\fR are explained below.
171.Sh "\s-1SUPPORTED\s0 \s-1TYPES\s0"
172.IX Subsection "SUPPORTED TYPES"
173The supported types are listed below. Unless otherwise specified
174only the \fB\s-1ASCII\s0\fR format is permissible.
175.IP "\fB\s-1BOOLEAN\s0\fR, \fB\s-1BOOL\s0\fR" 2
176.IX Item "BOOLEAN, BOOL"
177This encodes a boolean type. The \fBvalue\fR string is mandatory and
178should be \fB\s-1TRUE\s0\fR or \fB\s-1FALSE\s0\fR. Additionally \fB\s-1TRUE\s0\fR, \fBtrue\fR, \fBY\fR,
179\&\fBy\fR, \fB\s-1YES\s0\fR, \fByes\fR, \fB\s-1FALSE\s0\fR, \fBfalse\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBn\fR, \fB\s-1NO\s0\fR and \fBno\fR
180are acceptable.
181.IP "\fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR" 2
182.IX Item "NULL"
183Encode the \fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR type, the \fBvalue\fR string must not be present.
184.IP "\fB\s-1INTEGER\s0\fR, \fB\s-1INT\s0\fR" 2
185.IX Item "INTEGER, INT"
186Encodes an \s-1ASN1\s0 \fB\s-1INTEGER\s0\fR type. The \fBvalue\fR string represents
187the value of the integer, it can be preceeded by a minus sign and
188is normally interpreted as a decimal value unless the prefix \fB0x\fR
189is included.
190.IP "\fB\s-1ENUMERATED\s0\fR, \fB\s-1ENUM\s0\fR" 2
191.IX Item "ENUMERATED, ENUM"
192Encodes the \s-1ASN1\s0 \fB\s-1ENUMERATED\s0\fR type, it is otherwise identical to
193\&\fB\s-1INTEGER\s0\fR.
194.IP "\fB\s-1OBJECT\s0\fR, \fB\s-1OID\s0\fR" 2
195.IX Item "OBJECT, OID"
196Encodes an \s-1ASN1\s0 \fB\s-1OBJECT\s0 \s-1IDENTIFIER\s0\fR, the \fBvalue\fR string can be
197a short name, a long name or numerical format.
198.IP "\fB\s-1UTCTIME\s0\fR, \fB\s-1UTC\s0\fR" 2
199.IX Item "UTCTIME, UTC"
200Encodes an \s-1ASN1\s0 \fBUTCTime\fR structure, the value should be in
201the format \fB\s-1YYMMDDHHMMSSZ\s0\fR.
202.IP "\fB\s-1GENERALIZEDTIME\s0\fR, \fB\s-1GENTIME\s0\fR" 2
203.IX Item "GENERALIZEDTIME, GENTIME"
204Encodes an \s-1ASN1\s0 \fBGeneralizedTime\fR structure, the value should be in
205the format \fB\s-1YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ\s0\fR.
206.IP "\fB\s-1OCTETSTRING\s0\fR, \fB\s-1OCT\s0\fR" 2
207.IX Item "OCTETSTRING, OCT"
208Encodes an \s-1ASN1\s0 \fB\s-1OCTET\s0 \s-1STRING\s0\fR. \fBvalue\fR represents the contents
209of this structure, the format strings \fB\s-1ASCII\s0\fR and \fB\s-1HEX\s0\fR can be
210used to specify the format of \fBvalue\fR.
211.IP "\fB\s-1BITSTRING\s0\fR, \fB\s-1BITSTR\s0\fR" 2
212.IX Item "BITSTRING, BITSTR"
213Encodes an \s-1ASN1\s0 \fB\s-1BIT\s0 \s-1STRING\s0\fR. \fBvalue\fR represents the contents
214of this structure, the format strings \fB\s-1ASCII\s0\fR, \fB\s-1HEX\s0\fR and \fB\s-1BITLIST\s0\fR
215can be used to specify the format of \fBvalue\fR.
216.Sp
217If the format is anything other than \fB\s-1BITLIST\s0\fR the number of unused
218bits is set to zero.
219.IP "\fB\s-1UNIVERSALSTRING\s0\fR, \fB\s-1UNIV\s0\fR, \fB\s-1IA5\s0\fR, \fB\s-1IA5STRING\s0\fR, \fB\s-1UTF8\s0\fR, \fBUTF8String\fR, \fB\s-1BMP\s0\fR, \fB\s-1BMPSTRING\s0\fR, \fB\s-1VISIBLESTRING\s0\fR, \fB\s-1VISIBLE\s0\fR, \fB\s-1PRINTABLESTRING\s0\fR, \fB\s-1PRINTABLE\s0\fR, \fBT61\fR, \fBT61STRING\fR, \fB\s-1TELETEXSTRING\s0\fR, \fBGeneralString\fR" 2
220.IX Item "UNIVERSALSTRING, UNIV, IA5, IA5STRING, UTF8, UTF8String, BMP, BMPSTRING, VISIBLESTRING, VISIBLE, PRINTABLESTRING, PRINTABLE, T61, T61STRING, TELETEXSTRING, GeneralString"
221These encode the corresponding string types. \fBvalue\fR represents the
222contents of this structure. The format can be \fB\s-1ASCII\s0\fR or \fB\s-1UTF8\s0\fR.
223.IP "\fB\s-1SEQUENCE\s0\fR, \fB\s-1SEQ\s0\fR, \fB\s-1SET\s0\fR" 2
224.IX Item "SEQUENCE, SEQ, SET"
225Formats the result as an \s-1ASN1\s0 \fB\s-1SEQUENCE\s0\fR or \fB\s-1SET\s0\fR type. \fBvalue\fR
226should be a section name which will contain the contents. The
227field names in the section are ignored and the values are in the
228generated string format. If \fBvalue\fR is absent then an empty \s-1SEQUENCE\s0
229will be encoded.
230.Sh "\s-1MODIFIERS\s0"
231.IX Subsection "MODIFIERS"
232Modifiers affect the following structure, they can be used to
233add \s-1EXPLICIT\s0 or \s-1IMPLICIT\s0 tagging, add wrappers or to change
234the string format of the final type and value. The supported
235formats are documented below.
236.IP "\fB\s-1EXPLICIT\s0\fR, \fB\s-1EXP\s0\fR" 2
237.IX Item "EXPLICIT, EXP"
238Add an explicit tag to the following structure. This string
239should be followed by a colon and the tag value to use as a
240decimal value.
241.Sp
242By following the number with \fBU\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBP\fR or \fBC\fR \s-1UNIVERSAL\s0,
243\&\s-1APPLICATION\s0, \s-1PRIVATE\s0 or \s-1CONTEXT\s0 \s-1SPECIFIC\s0 tagging can be used,
244the default is \s-1CONTEXT\s0 \s-1SPECIFIC\s0.
245.IP "\fB\s-1IMPLICIT\s0\fR, \fB\s-1IMP\s0\fR" 2
246.IX Item "IMPLICIT, IMP"
247This is the same as \fB\s-1EXPLICIT\s0\fR except \s-1IMPLICIT\s0 tagging is used
248instead.
249.IP "\fB\s-1OCTWRAP\s0\fR, \fB\s-1SEQWRAP\s0\fR, \fB\s-1SETWRAP\s0\fR, \fB\s-1BITWRAP\s0\fR" 2
250.IX Item "OCTWRAP, SEQWRAP, SETWRAP, BITWRAP"
251The following structure is surrounded by an \s-1OCTET\s0 \s-1STRING\s0, a \s-1SEQUENCE\s0,
252a \s-1SET\s0 or a \s-1BIT\s0 \s-1STRING\s0 respectively. For a \s-1BIT\s0 \s-1STRING\s0 the number of unused
253bits is set to zero.
254.IP "\fB\s-1FORMAT\s0\fR" 2
255.IX Item "FORMAT"
256This specifies the format of the ultimate value. It should be followed
257by a colon and one of the strings \fB\s-1ASCII\s0\fR, \fB\s-1UTF8\s0\fR, \fB\s-1HEX\s0\fR or \fB\s-1BITLIST\s0\fR.
258.Sp
259If no format specifier is included then \fB\s-1ASCII\s0\fR is used. If \fB\s-1UTF8\s0\fR is
260specified then the value string must be a valid \fB\s-1UTF8\s0\fR string. For \fB\s-1HEX\s0\fR the
261output must be a set of hex digits. \fB\s-1BITLIST\s0\fR (which is only valid for a \s-1BIT\s0
262\&\s-1STRING\s0) is a comma separated list of the indices of the set bits, all other
263bits are zero.
264.SH "EXAMPLES"
265.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
266A simple IA5String:
267.PP
268.Vb 1
269\& IA5STRING:Hello World
270.Ve
271.PP
272An IA5String explicitly tagged:
273.PP
274.Vb 1
275\& EXPLICIT:0,IA5STRING:Hello World
276.Ve
277.PP
278An IA5String explicitly tagged using \s-1APPLICATION\s0 tagging:
279.PP
280.Vb 1
281\& EXPLICIT:0A,IA5STRING:Hello World
282.Ve
283.PP
284A \s-1BITSTRING\s0 with bits 1 and 5 set and all others zero:
285.PP
286.Vb 1
287\& FORMAT=BITLIST,BITSTRING:1,5
288.Ve
289.PP
290A more complex example using a config file to produce a
291\&\s-1SEQUENCE\s0 consiting of a \s-1BOOL\s0 an \s-1OID\s0 and a UTF8String:
292.PP
293.Vb 1
294\& asn1 = SEQUENCE:seq_section
295\&
296\& [seq_section]
297\&
298\& field1 = BOOLEAN:TRUE
299\& field2 = OID:commonName
300\& field3 = UTF8:Third field
301.Ve
302.PP
303This example produces an RSAPrivateKey structure, this is the
304key contained in the file client.pem in all OpenSSL distributions
305(note: the field names such as 'coeff' are ignored and are present just
306for clarity):
307.PP
308.Vb 3
309\& asn1=SEQUENCE:private_key
310\& [private_key]
311\& version=INTEGER:0
312\&
313\& n=INTEGER:0xBB6FE79432CC6EA2D8F970675A5A87BFBE1AFF0BE63E879F2AFFB93644\e
314\& D4D2C6D000430DEC66ABF47829E74B8C5108623A1C0EE8BE217B3AD8D36D5EB4FCA1D9
315\&
316\& e=INTEGER:0x010001
317\&
318\& d=INTEGER:0x6F05EAD2F27FFAEC84BEC360C4B928FD5F3A9865D0FCAAD291E2A52F4A\e
319\& F810DC6373278C006A0ABBA27DC8C63BF97F7E666E27C5284D7D3B1FFFE16B7A87B51D
320\&
321\& p=INTEGER:0xF3929B9435608F8A22C208D86795271D54EBDFB09DDEF539AB083DA912\e
322\& D4BD57
323\&
324\& q=INTEGER:0xC50016F89DFF2561347ED1186A46E150E28BF2D0F539A1594BBD7FE467\e
325\& 46EC4F
326\&
327\& exp1=INTEGER:0x9E7D4326C924AFC1DEA40B45650134966D6F9DFA3A7F9D698CD4ABEA\e
328\& 9C0A39B9
329\&
330\& exp2=INTEGER:0xBA84003BB95355AFB7C50DF140C60513D0BA51D637272E355E397779\e
331\& E7B2458F
332\&
333\& coeff=INTEGER:0x30B9E4F2AFA5AC679F920FC83F1F2DF1BAF1779CF989447FABC2F5\e
334\& 628657053A
335.Ve
336.PP
337This example is the corresponding public key in a SubjectPublicKeyInfo
338structure:
339.PP
340.Vb 2
341\& # Start with a SEQUENCE
342\& asn1=SEQUENCE:pubkeyinfo
343\&
344\& # pubkeyinfo contains an algorithm identifier and the public key wrapped
345\& # in a BIT STRING
346\& [pubkeyinfo]
347\& algorithm=SEQUENCE:rsa_alg
348\& pubkey=BITWRAP,SEQUENCE:rsapubkey
349\&
350\& # algorithm ID for RSA is just an OID and a NULL
351\& [rsa_alg]
352\& algorithm=OID:rsaEncryption
353\& parameter=NULL
354\&
355\& # Actual public key: modulus and exponent
356\& [rsapubkey]
357\& n=INTEGER:0xBB6FE79432CC6EA2D8F970675A5A87BFBE1AFF0BE63E879F2AFFB93644\e
358\& D4D2C6D000430DEC66ABF47829E74B8C5108623A1C0EE8BE217B3AD8D36D5EB4FCA1D9
359\&
360\& e=INTEGER:0x010001
361.Ve
362.SH "RETURN VALUES"
363.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
364\&\fIASN1_generate_nconf()\fR and \fIASN1_generate_v3()\fR return the encoded
365data as an \fB\s-1ASN1_TYPE\s0\fR structure or \fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR if an error occurred.
366.PP
367The error codes that can be obtained by \fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
368.SH "SEE ALSO"
369.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
370\&\fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3)
371.SH "HISTORY"
372.IX Header "HISTORY"
373\&\fIASN1_generate_nconf()\fR and \fIASN1_generate_v3()\fR were added to OpenSSL 0.9.8