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diff --git a/doc/man3/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod b/doc/man3/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..92f624fa24 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man3/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod @@ -0,0 +1,270 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +ASN1_generate_nconf, ASN1_generate_v3 - ASN1 generation functions + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include <openssl/asn1.h> + + ASN1_TYPE *ASN1_generate_nconf(const char *str, CONF *nconf); + ASN1_TYPE *ASN1_generate_v3(const char *str, X509V3_CTX *cnf); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +These functions generate the ASN1 encoding of a string +in an B<ASN1_TYPE> structure. + +B<str> contains the string to encode B<nconf> or B<cnf> contains +the optional configuration information where additional strings +will be read from. B<nconf> will typically come from a config +file whereas B<cnf> is obtained from an B<X509V3_CTX> structure +which will typically be used by X509 v3 certificate extension +functions. B<cnf> or B<nconf> can be set to B<NULL> if no additional +configuration will be used. + +=head1 GENERATION STRING FORMAT + +The actual data encoded is determined by the string B<str> and +the configuration information. The general format of the string +is: + +=over 2 + +=item B<[modifier,]type[:value]> + +=back + +That is zero or more comma separated modifiers followed by a type +followed by an optional colon and a value. The formats of B<type>, +B<value> and B<modifier> are explained below. + +=head2 Supported Types + +The supported types are listed below. Unless otherwise specified +only the B<ASCII> format is permissible. + +=over 2 + +=item B<BOOLEAN>, B<BOOL> + +This encodes a boolean type. The B<value> string is mandatory and +should be B<TRUE> or B<FALSE>. Additionally B<TRUE>, B<true>, B<Y>, +B<y>, B<YES>, B<yes>, B<FALSE>, B<false>, B<N>, B<n>, B<NO> and B<no> +are acceptable. + +=item B<NULL> + +Encode the B<NULL> type, the B<value> string must not be present. + +=item B<INTEGER>, B<INT> + +Encodes an ASN1 B<INTEGER> type. The B<value> string represents +the value of the integer, it can be prefaced by a minus sign and +is normally interpreted as a decimal value unless the prefix B<0x> +is included. + +=item B<ENUMERATED>, B<ENUM> + +Encodes the ASN1 B<ENUMERATED> type, it is otherwise identical to +B<INTEGER>. + +=item B<OBJECT>, B<OID> + +Encodes an ASN1 B<OBJECT IDENTIFIER>, the B<value> string can be +a short name, a long name or numerical format. + +=item B<UTCTIME>, B<UTC> + +Encodes an ASN1 B<UTCTime> structure, the value should be in +the format B<YYMMDDHHMMSSZ>. + +=item B<GENERALIZEDTIME>, B<GENTIME> + +Encodes an ASN1 B<GeneralizedTime> structure, the value should be in +the format B<YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ>. + +=item B<OCTETSTRING>, B<OCT> + +Encodes an ASN1 B<OCTET STRING>. B<value> represents the contents +of this structure, the format strings B<ASCII> and B<HEX> can be +used to specify the format of B<value>. + +=item B<BITSTRING>, B<BITSTR> + +Encodes an ASN1 B<BIT STRING>. B<value> represents the contents +of this structure, the format strings B<ASCII>, B<HEX> and B<BITLIST> +can be used to specify the format of B<value>. + +If the format is anything other than B<BITLIST> the number of unused +bits is set to zero. + +=item B<UNIVERSALSTRING>, B<UNIV>, B<IA5>, B<IA5STRING>, B<UTF8>, +B<UTF8String>, B<BMP>, B<BMPSTRING>, B<VISIBLESTRING>, +B<VISIBLE>, B<PRINTABLESTRING>, B<PRINTABLE>, B<T61>, +B<T61STRING>, B<TELETEXSTRING>, B<GeneralString>, B<NUMERICSTRING>, +B<NUMERIC> + +These encode the corresponding string types. B<value> represents the +contents of this structure. The format can be B<ASCII> or B<UTF8>. + +=item B<SEQUENCE>, B<SEQ>, B<SET> + +Formats the result as an ASN1 B<SEQUENCE> or B<SET> type. B<value> +should be a section name which will contain the contents. The +field names in the section are ignored and the values are in the +generated string format. If B<value> is absent then an empty SEQUENCE +will be encoded. + +=back + +=head2 Modifiers + +Modifiers affect the following structure, they can be used to +add EXPLICIT or IMPLICIT tagging, add wrappers or to change +the string format of the final type and value. The supported +formats are documented below. + +=over 2 + +=item B<EXPLICIT>, B<EXP> + +Add an explicit tag to the following structure. This string +should be followed by a colon and the tag value to use as a +decimal value. + +By following the number with B<U>, B<A>, B<P> or B<C> UNIVERSAL, +APPLICATION, PRIVATE or CONTEXT SPECIFIC tagging can be used, +the default is CONTEXT SPECIFIC. + +=item B<IMPLICIT>, B<IMP> + +This is the same as B<EXPLICIT> except IMPLICIT tagging is used +instead. + +=item B<OCTWRAP>, B<SEQWRAP>, B<SETWRAP>, B<BITWRAP> + +The following structure is surrounded by an OCTET STRING, a SEQUENCE, +a SET or a BIT STRING respectively. For a BIT STRING the number of unused +bits is set to zero. + +=item B<FORMAT> + +This specifies the format of the ultimate value. It should be followed +by a colon and one of the strings B<ASCII>, B<UTF8>, B<HEX> or B<BITLIST>. + +If no format specifier is included then B<ASCII> is used. If B<UTF8> is +specified then the value string must be a valid B<UTF8> string. For B<HEX> the +output must be a set of hex digits. B<BITLIST> (which is only valid for a BIT +STRING) is a comma separated list of the indices of the set bits, all other +bits are zero. + +=back + +=head1 EXAMPLES + +A simple IA5String: + + IA5STRING:Hello World + +An IA5String explicitly tagged: + + EXPLICIT:0,IA5STRING:Hello World + +An IA5String explicitly tagged using APPLICATION tagging: + + EXPLICIT:0A,IA5STRING:Hello World + +A BITSTRING with bits 1 and 5 set and all others zero: + + FORMAT:BITLIST,BITSTRING:1,5 + +A more complex example using a config file to produce a +SEQUENCE consisting of a BOOL an OID and a UTF8String: + + asn1 = SEQUENCE:seq_section + + [seq_section] + + field1 = BOOLEAN:TRUE + field2 = OID:commonName + field3 = UTF8:Third field + +This example produces an RSAPrivateKey structure, this is the +key contained in the file client.pem in all OpenSSL distributions +(note: the field names such as 'coeff' are ignored and are present just +for clarity): + + asn1=SEQUENCE:private_key + [private_key] + version=INTEGER:0 + + n=INTEGER:0xBB6FE79432CC6EA2D8F970675A5A87BFBE1AFF0BE63E879F2AFFB93644\ + D4D2C6D000430DEC66ABF47829E74B8C5108623A1C0EE8BE217B3AD8D36D5EB4FCA1D9 + + e=INTEGER:0x010001 + + d=INTEGER:0x6F05EAD2F27FFAEC84BEC360C4B928FD5F3A9865D0FCAAD291E2A52F4A\ + F810DC6373278C006A0ABBA27DC8C63BF97F7E666E27C5284D7D3B1FFFE16B7A87B51D + + p=INTEGER:0xF3929B9435608F8A22C208D86795271D54EBDFB09DDEF539AB083DA912\ + D4BD57 + + q=INTEGER:0xC50016F89DFF2561347ED1186A46E150E28BF2D0F539A1594BBD7FE467\ + 46EC4F + + exp1=INTEGER:0x9E7D4326C924AFC1DEA40B45650134966D6F9DFA3A7F9D698CD4ABEA\ + 9C0A39B9 + + exp2=INTEGER:0xBA84003BB95355AFB7C50DF140C60513D0BA51D637272E355E397779\ + E7B2458F + + coeff=INTEGER:0x30B9E4F2AFA5AC679F920FC83F1F2DF1BAF1779CF989447FABC2F5\ + 628657053A + +This example is the corresponding public key in a SubjectPublicKeyInfo +structure: + + # Start with a SEQUENCE + asn1=SEQUENCE:pubkeyinfo + + # pubkeyinfo contains an algorithm identifier and the public key wrapped + # in a BIT STRING + [pubkeyinfo] + algorithm=SEQUENCE:rsa_alg + pubkey=BITWRAP,SEQUENCE:rsapubkey + + # algorithm ID for RSA is just an OID and a NULL + [rsa_alg] + algorithm=OID:rsaEncryption + parameter=NULL + + # Actual public key: modulus and exponent + [rsapubkey] + n=INTEGER:0xBB6FE79432CC6EA2D8F970675A5A87BFBE1AFF0BE63E879F2AFFB93644\ + D4D2C6D000430DEC66ABF47829E74B8C5108623A1C0EE8BE217B3AD8D36D5EB4FCA1D9 + + e=INTEGER:0x010001 + +=head1 RETURN VALUES + +ASN1_generate_nconf() and ASN1_generate_v3() return the encoded +data as an B<ASN1_TYPE> structure or B<NULL> if an error occurred. + +The error codes that can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)>. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<ERR_get_error(3)> + +=head1 COPYRIGHT + +Copyright 2002-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. + +Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use +this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy +in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at +L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. + +=cut |