Initial ASN1 generation documentation.

doc/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod

+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+ASN1_generate_nconf, ASN1_generate_v3 - ASN1 generation functions
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ ASN1_TYPE *ASN1_generate_nconf(char *str, CONF *nconf);
+ ASN1_TYPE *ASN1_generate_v3(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 wherease 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:
+
+ B<[modifier,]type[:value]>
+
+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> is explained below.
+
+=head2 SUPPORTED TYPES
+
+=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 preceeded 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<GENERALIZETIME>, B<GEN>
+
+Encodes an ASN1 B<GeneralizeTime> structure, the value should be in
+the format B<YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ>. 
+
+=item B<OCTETSTRING>, B<OCT>
+
+Emcodes 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<BITSRING>, B<BITSTR>
+
+Emcodes 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>
+
+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 are ignored and the values are in the generated
+string format. If B<value> is absent the the content will be empty.
+
+=cut
+
+=head2 MODIFIERS
+
+...
+
+=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)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
+
+X509_free() returns no value.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<d2i_X509(3)|d2i_X509(3)>
+
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+ASN1_generate_nconf() and ASN1_generate_v3() were added to OpenSSL 0.9.8
+
+=cut