libtasn1

libtasn1

Synopsis




#define     LIBTASN1_VERSION
#define     MAX_NAME_SIZE
#define     MAX_ERROR_DESCRIPTION_SIZE
typedef     asn1_retCode;
#define     ASN1_SUCCESS
#define     ASN1_FILE_NOT_FOUND
#define     ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND
#define     ASN1_IDENTIFIER_NOT_FOUND
#define     ASN1_DER_ERROR
#define     ASN1_VALUE_NOT_FOUND
#define     ASN1_GENERIC_ERROR
#define     ASN1_VALUE_NOT_VALID
#define     ASN1_TAG_ERROR
#define     ASN1_TAG_IMPLICIT
#define     ASN1_ERROR_TYPE_ANY
#define     ASN1_SYNTAX_ERROR
#define     ASN1_MEM_ERROR
#define     ASN1_MEM_ALLOC_ERROR
#define     ASN1_DER_OVERFLOW
#define     ASN1_NAME_TOO_LONG
#define     ASN1_ARRAY_ERROR
#define     ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_EMPTY
#define     ASN1_PRINT_NAME
#define     ASN1_PRINT_NAME_TYPE
#define     ASN1_PRINT_NAME_TYPE_VALUE
#define     ASN1_PRINT_ALL
#define     ASN1_CLASS_UNIVERSAL
#define     ASN1_CLASS_APPLICATION
#define     ASN1_CLASS_CONTEXT_SPECIFIC
#define     ASN1_CLASS_PRIVATE
#define     ASN1_CLASS_STRUCTURED
#define     ASN1_TAG_BOOLEAN
#define     ASN1_TAG_INTEGER
#define     ASN1_TAG_SEQUENCE
#define     ASN1_TAG_SET
#define     ASN1_TAG_OCTET_STRING
#define     ASN1_TAG_BIT_STRING
#define     ASN1_TAG_UTCTime
#define     ASN1_TAG_GENERALIZEDTime
#define     ASN1_TAG_OBJECT_ID
#define     ASN1_TAG_ENUMERATED
#define     ASN1_TAG_NULL
#define     ASN1_TAG_GENERALSTRING
struct      node_asn_struct;
typedef     node_asn;
typedef     ASN1_TYPE;
#define     ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY
struct      static_struct_asn;
typedef     ASN1_ARRAY_TYPE;
asn1_retCode asn1_parser2tree               (const char *file_name,
                                             ASN1_TYPE *definitions,
                                             char *errorDescription);
asn1_retCode asn1_parser2array              (const char *inputFileName,
                                             const char *outputFileName,
                                             const char *vectorName,
                                             char *errorDescription);
asn1_retCode asn1_array2tree                (const ASN1_ARRAY_TYPE *array,
                                             ASN1_TYPE *definitions,
                                             char *errorDescription);
void        asn1_print_structure            (FILE *out,
                                             ASN1_TYPE structure,
                                             const char *name,
                                             int mode);
asn1_retCode asn1_create_element            (ASN1_TYPE definitions,
                                             const char *source_name,
                                             ASN1_TYPE *element);
asn1_retCode asn1_delete_structure          (ASN1_TYPE *structure);
asn1_retCode asn1_delete_element            (ASN1_TYPE structure,
                                             const char *element_name);
asn1_retCode asn1_write_value               (ASN1_TYPE node_root,
                                             const char *name,
                                             const void *ivalue,
                                             int len);
asn1_retCode asn1_read_value                (ASN1_TYPE root,
                                             const char *name,
                                             void *ivalue,
                                             int *len);
asn1_retCode asn1_number_of_elements        (ASN1_TYPE element,
                                             const char *name,
                                             int *num);
asn1_retCode asn1_der_coding                (ASN1_TYPE element,
                                             const char *name,
                                             void *ider,
                                             int *len,
                                             char *ErrorDescription);
asn1_retCode asn1_der_decoding              (ASN1_TYPE *element,
                                             const void *ider,
                                             int len,
                                             char *errorDescription);
asn1_retCode asn1_der_decoding_element      (ASN1_TYPE *structure,
                                             const char *elementName,
                                             const void *ider,
                                             int len,
                                             char *errorDescription);
asn1_retCode asn1_der_decoding_startEnd     (ASN1_TYPE element,
                                             const void *ider,
                                             int len,
                                             const char *name_element,
                                             int *start,
                                             int *end);
asn1_retCode asn1_expand_any_defined_by     (ASN1_TYPE definitions,
                                             ASN1_TYPE *element);
asn1_retCode asn1_expand_octet_string       (ASN1_TYPE definitions,
                                             ASN1_TYPE *element,
                                             const char *octetName,
                                             const char *objectName);
asn1_retCode asn1_read_tag                  (node_asn *root,
                                             const char *name,
                                             int *tagValue,
                                             int *classValue);
const char* asn1_find_structure_from_oid    (ASN1_TYPE definitions,
                                             const char *oidValue);
const char* asn1_check_version              (const char *req_version);
const char* libtasn1_strerror               (asn1_retCode error);
void        libtasn1_perror                 (asn1_retCode error);
int         asn1_get_tag_der                (unsigned char *der,
                                             int der_len,
                                             unsigned char *cls,
                                             int *len,
                                             unsigned long *tag);
void        asn1_octet_der                  (unsigned char *str,
                                             int str_len,
                                             unsigned char *der,
                                             int *der_len);
asn1_retCode asn1_get_octet_der             (unsigned char *der,
                                             int der_len,
                                             int *ret_len,
                                             unsigned char *str,
                                             int str_size,
                                             int *str_len);
void        asn1_bit_der                    (unsigned char *str,
                                             int bit_len,
                                             unsigned char *der,
                                             int *der_len);
asn1_retCode asn1_get_bit_der               (unsigned char *der,
                                             int der_len,
                                             int *ret_len,
                                             unsigned char *str,
                                             int str_size,
                                             int *bit_len);
void        asn1_length_der                 (long int len,
                                             unsigned char *ans,
                                             int *ans_len);
ASN1_TYPE   asn1_find_node                  (ASN1_TYPE pointer,
                                             const char *name);
asn1_retCode asn1_copy_node                 (ASN1_TYPE dst,
                                             const char *dst_name,
                                             ASN1_TYPE src,
                                             const char *src_name);

Description

Details

LIBTASN1_VERSION

#define LIBTASN1_VERSION "0.3.5"


MAX_NAME_SIZE

#define MAX_NAME_SIZE 128	/* maximum number of characters of a name */


MAX_ERROR_DESCRIPTION_SIZE

#define MAX_ERROR_DESCRIPTION_SIZE 128	/* maximum number of characters */


asn1_retCode

  typedef int asn1_retCode;	/* type returned by libtasn1 functions */


ASN1_SUCCESS

#define ASN1_SUCCESS               0


ASN1_FILE_NOT_FOUND

#define ASN1_FILE_NOT_FOUND        1


ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND

#define ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND     2


ASN1_IDENTIFIER_NOT_FOUND

#define ASN1_IDENTIFIER_NOT_FOUND  3


ASN1_DER_ERROR

#define ASN1_DER_ERROR             4


ASN1_VALUE_NOT_FOUND

#define ASN1_VALUE_NOT_FOUND       5


ASN1_GENERIC_ERROR

#define ASN1_GENERIC_ERROR         6


ASN1_VALUE_NOT_VALID

#define ASN1_VALUE_NOT_VALID       7


ASN1_TAG_ERROR

#define ASN1_TAG_ERROR             8


ASN1_TAG_IMPLICIT

#define ASN1_TAG_IMPLICIT          9


ASN1_ERROR_TYPE_ANY

#define ASN1_ERROR_TYPE_ANY        10


ASN1_SYNTAX_ERROR

#define ASN1_SYNTAX_ERROR          11


ASN1_MEM_ERROR

#define ASN1_MEM_ERROR		   12


ASN1_MEM_ALLOC_ERROR

#define ASN1_MEM_ALLOC_ERROR	   13


ASN1_DER_OVERFLOW

#define ASN1_DER_OVERFLOW          14


ASN1_NAME_TOO_LONG

#define ASN1_NAME_TOO_LONG         15


ASN1_ARRAY_ERROR

#define ASN1_ARRAY_ERROR           16


ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_EMPTY

#define ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_EMPTY     17


ASN1_PRINT_NAME

#define ASN1_PRINT_NAME             1


ASN1_PRINT_NAME_TYPE

#define ASN1_PRINT_NAME_TYPE        2


ASN1_PRINT_NAME_TYPE_VALUE

#define ASN1_PRINT_NAME_TYPE_VALUE  3


ASN1_PRINT_ALL

#define ASN1_PRINT_ALL              4


ASN1_CLASS_UNIVERSAL

#define ASN1_CLASS_UNIVERSAL        0x00	/* old: 1 */


ASN1_CLASS_APPLICATION

#define ASN1_CLASS_APPLICATION      0x40	/* old: 2 */


ASN1_CLASS_CONTEXT_SPECIFIC

#define ASN1_CLASS_CONTEXT_SPECIFIC 0x80	/* old: 3 */


ASN1_CLASS_PRIVATE

#define ASN1_CLASS_PRIVATE          0xC0	/* old: 4 */


ASN1_CLASS_STRUCTURED

#define ASN1_CLASS_STRUCTURED       0x20


ASN1_TAG_BOOLEAN

#define ASN1_TAG_BOOLEAN          0x01


ASN1_TAG_INTEGER

#define ASN1_TAG_INTEGER          0x02


ASN1_TAG_SEQUENCE

#define ASN1_TAG_SEQUENCE         0x10


ASN1_TAG_SET

#define ASN1_TAG_SET              0x11


ASN1_TAG_OCTET_STRING

#define ASN1_TAG_OCTET_STRING     0x04


ASN1_TAG_BIT_STRING

#define ASN1_TAG_BIT_STRING       0x03


ASN1_TAG_UTCTime

#define ASN1_TAG_UTCTime          0x17


ASN1_TAG_GENERALIZEDTime

#define ASN1_TAG_GENERALIZEDTime  0x18


ASN1_TAG_OBJECT_ID

#define ASN1_TAG_OBJECT_ID        0x06


ASN1_TAG_ENUMERATED

#define ASN1_TAG_ENUMERATED       0x0A


ASN1_TAG_NULL

#define ASN1_TAG_NULL             0x05


ASN1_TAG_GENERALSTRING

#define ASN1_TAG_GENERALSTRING    0x1B


struct node_asn_struct

struct node_asn_struct {
    char *name;			/* Node name */
    unsigned int type;		/* Node type */
    unsigned char *value;	/* Node value */
    int value_len;
    struct node_asn_struct *down;	/* Pointer to the son node */
    struct node_asn_struct *right;	/* Pointer to the brother node */
    struct node_asn_struct *left;	/* Pointer to the next list element */
};


node_asn

  typedef struct node_asn_struct node_asn;


ASN1_TYPE

  typedef node_asn *ASN1_TYPE;


ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY

#define ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY  NULL


struct static_struct_asn

struct static_struct_asn {
    const char *name;			/* Node name */
    unsigned int type;		/* Node type */
    const void *value;	/* Node value */
};


ASN1_ARRAY_TYPE

  typedef struct static_struct_asn ASN1_ARRAY_TYPE;


asn1_parser2tree ()

asn1_retCode asn1_parser2tree               (const char *file_name,
                                             ASN1_TYPE *definitions,
                                             char *errorDescription);

file_name :
definitions :
errorDescription :
Returns :

asn1_parser2array ()

asn1_retCode asn1_parser2array              (const char *inputFileName,
                                             const char *outputFileName,
                                             const char *vectorName,
                                             char *errorDescription);

inputFileName :
outputFileName :
vectorName :
errorDescription :
Returns :

asn1_array2tree ()

asn1_retCode asn1_array2tree                (const ASN1_ARRAY_TYPE *array,
                                             ASN1_TYPE *definitions,
                                             char *errorDescription);

Creates the structures needed to manage the ASN.1 definitions. array is a vector created by asn1_parser2array().

array : specify the array that contains ASN.1 declarations
definitions : return the pointer to the structure created by *ARRAY ASN.1 declarations
errorDescription : return the error description.
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: Structure created correctly. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_EMPTY: *definitions not ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY. ASN1_IDENTIFIER_NOT_FOUND: In the file there is an identifier that is not defined (see errorDescription for more information). ASN1_ARRAY_ERROR: The array pointed by array is wrong.

asn1_print_structure ()

void        asn1_print_structure            (FILE *out,
                                             ASN1_TYPE structure,
                                             const char *name,
                                             int mode);

Prints on the out file descriptor the structure's tree starting from the name element inside the structure structure.

out : pointer to the output file (e.g. stdout).
structure : pointer to the structure that you want to visit.
name : an element of the structure
mode : specify how much of the structure to print, can be ASN1_PRINT_NAME, ASN1_PRINT_NAME_TYPE, ASN1_PRINT_NAME_TYPE_VALUE, or ASN1_PRINT_ALL.

asn1_create_element ()

asn1_retCode asn1_create_element            (ASN1_TYPE definitions,
                                             const char *source_name,
                                             ASN1_TYPE *element);

Creates a structure of type source_name. Example using "pkix.asn":

rc = asn1_create_structure(cert_def, "PKIX1.Certificate", certptr);

definitions : pointer to the structure returned by "parser_asn1" function
source_name : the name of the type of the new structure (must be inside p_structure).
element : pointer to the structure created.
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: Creation OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: SOURCE_NAME isn't known

asn1_delete_structure ()

asn1_retCode asn1_delete_structure          (ASN1_TYPE *structure);

Deletes the structure *structure. At the end, *structure is set to ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY.

structure : pointer to the structure that you want to delete.
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: Everything OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: *structure was ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY.

asn1_delete_element ()

asn1_retCode asn1_delete_element            (ASN1_TYPE structure,
                                             const char *element_name);

Deletes the element named *element_name inside *structure.

structure : pointer to the structure that contains the element you want to delete.
element_name : element's name you want to delete.
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: Everything OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: The name element was not found.

asn1_write_value ()

asn1_retCode asn1_write_value               (ASN1_TYPE node_root,
                                             const char *name,
                                             const void *ivalue,
                                             int len);

Set the value of one element inside a structure.

If an element is OPTIONAL and you want to delete it, you must use the value=NULL and len=0. Using "pkix.asn":

result=asn1_write_value(cert, "tbsCertificate.issuerUniqueID", NULL, 0);

Description for each type:

INTEGER: VALUE must contain a two's complement form integer.

value[0]=0xFF , len=1 -> integer=-1. value[0]=0xFF value[1]=0xFF , len=2 -> integer=-1. value[0]=0x01 , len=1 -> integer= 1. value[0]=0x00 value[1]=0x01 , len=2 -> integer= 1. value="123" , len=0 -> integer= 123.

ENUMERATED: As INTEGER (but only with not negative numbers).

BOOLEAN: VALUE must be the null terminated string "TRUE" or "FALSE" and LEN != 0.

value="TRUE" , len=1 -> boolean=TRUE. value="FALSE" , len=1 -> boolean=FALSE.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: VALUE must be a null terminated string with each number separated by a dot (e.g. "1.2.3.543.1"). LEN != 0.

value="1 2 840 10040 4 3" , len=1 -> OID=dsa-with-sha.

UTCTime: VALUE must be a null terminated string in one of these formats: "YYMMDDhhmmssZ", "YYMMDDhhmmssZ", "YYMMDDhhmmss+hh'mm'", "YYMMDDhhmmss-hh'mm'", "YYMMDDhhmm+hh'mm'", or "YYMMDDhhmm-hh'mm'". LEN != 0.

value="9801011200Z" , len=1 -> time=Jannuary 1st, 1998 at 12h 00m Greenwich Mean Time

GeneralizedTime: VALUE must be in one of this format: "YYYYMMDDhhmmss.sZ", "YYYYMMDDhhmmss.sZ", "YYYYMMDDhhmmss.s+hh'mm'", "YYYYMMDDhhmmss.s-hh'mm'", "YYYYMMDDhhmm+hh'mm'", or "YYYYMMDDhhmm-hh'mm'" where ss.s indicates the seconds with any precision like "10.1" or "01.02". LEN != 0

value="2001010112001.12-0700" , len=1 -> time=Jannuary 1st, 2001 at 12h 00m 01.12s Pacific Daylight Time

OCTET STRING: VALUE contains the octet string and LEN is the number of octets.

value="$\backslash$x01$\backslash$x02$\backslash$x03" , len=3 -> three bytes octet string

GeneralString: VALUE contains the generalstring and LEN is the number of octets.

value="$\backslash$x01$\backslash$x02$\backslash$x03" , len=3 -> three bytes generalstring

BIT STRING: VALUE contains the bit string organized by bytes and LEN is the number of bits.

value="$\backslash$xCF" , len=6 -> bit string="110011" (six bits)

CHOICE: if NAME indicates a choice type, VALUE must specify one of the alternatives with a null terminated string. LEN != 0. Using "pkix.asn"\:

result=asn1_write_value(cert, "certificate1.tbsCertificate.subject", "rdnSequence", 1);

ANY: VALUE indicates the der encoding of a structure. LEN != 0.

SEQUENCE OF: VALUE must be the null terminated string "NEW" and LEN != 0. With this instruction another element is appended in the sequence. The name of this element will be "?1" if it's the first one, "?2" for the second and so on.

Using "pkix.asn"\:

result=asn1_write_value(cert, "certificate1.tbsCertificate.subject.rdnSequence", "NEW", 1);

SET OF: the same as SEQUENCE OF. Using "pkix.asn":

result=asn1_write_value(cert, "tbsCertificate.subject.rdnSequence.?LAST", "NEW", 1);

node_root : pointer to a structure
name : the name of the element inside the structure that you want to set.
ivalue : vector used to specify the value to set. If len is >0, VALUE must be a two's complement form integer. if len=0 *VALUE must be a null terminated string with an integer value.
len : number of bytes of *value to use to set the value: value[0]..value[len-1] or 0 if value is a null terminated string
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: Set value OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: NAME is not a valid element. ASN1_VALUE_NOT_VALID: VALUE has a wrong format.

asn1_read_value ()

asn1_retCode asn1_read_value                (ASN1_TYPE root,
                                             const char *name,
                                             void *ivalue,
                                             int *len);

Returns the value of one element inside a structure.

If an element is OPTIONAL and the function "read_value" returns ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND, it means that this element wasn't present in the der encoding that created the structure. The first element of a SEQUENCE_OF or SET_OF is named "?1". The second one "?2" and so on.

INTEGER: VALUE will contain a two's complement form integer.

integer=-1 -> value[0]=0xFF , len=1. integer=1 -> value[0]=0x01 , len=1.

ENUMERATED: As INTEGER (but only with not negative numbers).

BOOLEAN: VALUE will be the null terminated string "TRUE" or "FALSE" and LEN=5 or LEN=6.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: VALUE will be a null terminated string with each number separated by a dot (i.e. "1.2.3.543.1").

LEN = strlen(VALUE)+1

UTCTime: VALUE will be a null terminated string in one of these formats: "YYMMDDhhmmss+hh'mm'" or "YYMMDDhhmmss-hh'mm'". LEN=strlen(VALUE)+1.

GeneralizedTime: VALUE will be a null terminated string in the same format used to set the value.

OCTET STRING: VALUE will contain the octet string and LEN will be the number of octets.

GeneralString: VALUE will contain the generalstring and LEN will be the number of octets.

BIT STRING: VALUE will contain the bit string organized by bytes and LEN will be the number of bits.

CHOICE: If NAME indicates a choice type, VALUE will specify the alternative selected.

ANY: If NAME indicates an any type, VALUE will indicate the DER encoding of the structure actually used.

root : pointer to a structure.
name : the name of the element inside a structure that you want to read.
ivalue : vector that will contain the element's content, must be a pointer to memory cells already allocated.
len : number of bytes of *value: value[0]..value[len-1]. Initialy holds the sizeof value.
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: Set value OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: NAME is not a valid element. ASN1_VALUE_NOT_FOUND: There isn't any value for the element selected. ASN1_MEM_ERROR: The value vector isn't big enough to store the result. In this case LEN will contain the number of bytes needed.

asn1_number_of_elements ()

asn1_retCode asn1_number_of_elements        (ASN1_TYPE element,
                                             const char *name,
                                             int *num);

Counts the number of elements of a sub-structure called NAME with names equal to "?1","?2", ...

element : pointer to the root of an ASN1 structure.
name : the name of a sub-structure of ROOT.
num : pointer to an integer where the result will be stored
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: Creation OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: NAME isn't known. ASN1_GENERIC_ERROR: Pointer num equal to NULL.

asn1_der_coding ()

asn1_retCode asn1_der_coding                (ASN1_TYPE element,
                                             const char *name,
                                             void *ider,
                                             int *len,
                                             char *ErrorDescription);

Creates the DER encoding for the NAME structure (inside *POINTER structure).

element : pointer to an ASN1 element
name : the name of the structure you want to encode (it must be inside *POINTER).
ider : vector that will contain the DER encoding. DER must be a pointer to memory cells already allocated.
len : number of bytes of *ider: ider[0]..ider[len-1], Initialy holds the sizeof of der vector.
ErrorDescription : return the error description or an empty string if success.
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: DER encoding OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: NAME is not a valid element. ASN1_VALUE_NOT_FOUND: There is an element without a value. ASN1_MEM_ERROR: ider vector isn't big enough. Also in this case LEN will contain the length needed.

asn1_der_decoding ()

asn1_retCode asn1_der_decoding              (ASN1_TYPE *element,
                                             const void *ider,
                                             int len,
                                             char *errorDescription);

Fill the structure *ELEMENT with values of a DER encoding string. The sructure must just be created with function 'create_stucture'. If an error occurs during the decoding procedure, the *ELEMENT is deleted and set equal to ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY.

element : pointer to an ASN1 structure.
ider : vector that contains the DER encoding.
len : number of bytes of *ider: ider[0]..ider[len-1].
errorDescription : null-terminated string contains details when an error occurred.
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: DER encoding OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: ELEMENT is ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY. ASN1_TAG_ERROR,ASN1_DER_ERROR: The der encoding doesn't match the structure NAME. *ELEMENT deleted.

asn1_der_decoding_element ()

asn1_retCode asn1_der_decoding_element      (ASN1_TYPE *structure,
                                             const char *elementName,
                                             const void *ider,
                                             int len,
                                             char *errorDescription);

Fill the element named ELEMENTNAME with values of a DER encoding string. The sructure must just be created with function 'create_stucture'. The DER vector must contain the encoding string of the whole STRUCTURE. If an error occurs during the decoding procedure, the *STRUCTURE is deleted and set equal to ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY.

structure : pointer to an ASN1 structure
elementName : name of the element to fill
ider : vector that contains the DER encoding of the whole structure.
len : number of bytes of *der: der[0]..der[len-1]
errorDescription : null-terminated string contains details when an error occurred.
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: DER encoding OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: ELEMENT is ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY or elementName == NULL. ASN1_TAG_ERROR,ASN1_DER_ERROR: The der encoding doesn't match the structure STRUCTURE. *ELEMENT deleted.

asn1_der_decoding_startEnd ()

asn1_retCode asn1_der_decoding_startEnd     (ASN1_TYPE element,
                                             const void *ider,
                                             int len,
                                             const char *name_element,
                                             int *start,
                                             int *end);

Find the start and end point of an element in a DER encoding string. I mean that if you have a der encoding and you have already used the function "asn1_der_decoding" to fill a structure, it may happen that you want to find the piece of string concerning an element of the structure.

Example: the sequence "tbsCertificate" inside an X509 certificate.

element : pointer to an ASN1 element
ider : vector that contains the DER encoding.
len : number of bytes of *ider: ider[0]..ider[len-1]
name_element : an element of NAME structure.
start : the position of the first byte of NAME_ELEMENT decoding (ider[*start])
end : the position of the last byte of NAME_ELEMENT decoding (ider[*end])
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: DER encoding OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: ELEMENT is ASN1_TYPE EMPTY or NAME_ELEMENT is not a valid element. ASN1_TAG_ERROR,ASN1_DER_ERROR: the der encoding doesn't match the structure ELEMENT.

asn1_expand_any_defined_by ()

asn1_retCode asn1_expand_any_defined_by     (ASN1_TYPE definitions,
                                             ASN1_TYPE *element);

Expands every "ANY DEFINED BY" element of a structure created from a DER decoding process (asn1_der_decoding function). The element ANY must be defined by an OBJECT IDENTIFIER. The type used to expand the element ANY is the first one following the definition of the actual value of the OBJECT IDENTIFIER.

definitions : ASN1 definitions
element : pointer to an ASN1 structure
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: Substitution OK. ASN1_ERROR_TYPE_ANY: Some "ANY DEFINED BY" element couldn't be expanded due to a problem in OBJECT_ID -> TYPE association. other errors: Result of der decoding process.

asn1_expand_octet_string ()

asn1_retCode asn1_expand_octet_string       (ASN1_TYPE definitions,
                                             ASN1_TYPE *element,
                                             const char *octetName,
                                             const char *objectName);

Expands an "OCTET STRING" element of a structure created from a DER decoding process (asn1_der_decoding function). The type used for expansion is the first one following the definition of the actual value of the OBJECT IDENTIFIER indicated by OBJECTNAME.

definitions : ASN1 definitions
element : pointer to an ASN1 structure
octetName : name of the OCTECT STRING field to expand.
objectName : name of the OBJECT IDENTIFIER field to use to define the type for expansion.
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: Substitution OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: OBJECTNAME or OCTETNAME are not correct. ASN1_VALUE_NOT_VALID: Wasn't possible to find the type to use for expansion. other errors: result of der decoding process.

asn1_read_tag ()

asn1_retCode asn1_read_tag                  (node_asn *root,
                                             const char *name,
                                             int *tagValue,
                                             int *classValue);

Returns the TAG and the CLASS of one element inside a structure. CLASS can have one of these constants: ASN1_CLASS_APPLICATION, ASN1_CLASS_UNIVERSAL, ASN1_CLASS_PRIVATE or ASN1_CLASS_CONTEXT_SPECIFIC.

root : pointer to a structure
name : the name of the element inside a structure.
tagValue : variable that will contain the TAG value.
classValue : variable that will specify the TAG type.
Returns : ASN1_SUCCESS: Set value OK. ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND: NAME is not a valid element.

asn1_find_structure_from_oid ()

const char* asn1_find_structure_from_oid    (ASN1_TYPE definitions,
                                             const char *oidValue);

Search the structure that is defined just after an OID definition.

definitions : ASN1 definitions
oidValue : value of the OID to search (e.g. "1.2.3.4").
Returns : NULL when OIDVALUE not found, otherwise the pointer to a constant string that contains the element name defined just after the OID.

asn1_check_version ()

const char* asn1_check_version              (const char *req_version);

Check that the the version of the library is at minimum the requested one and return the version string; return NULL if the condition is not satisfied. If a NULL is passed to this function, no check is done, but the version string is simply returned.

See LIBTASN1_VERSION for a suitable req_version string.

req_version : Required version number, or NULL.
Returns : Version string of run-time library, or NULL if the run-time library does not meet the required version number.

libtasn1_strerror ()

const char* libtasn1_strerror               (asn1_retCode error);

This function is similar to strerror(). The only difference is that it accepts an error (number) returned by a libtasn1 function.

error : is an error returned by a libtasn1 function.
Returns : Pointer to static zero-terminated string describing error code.

libtasn1_perror ()

void        libtasn1_perror                 (asn1_retCode error);

This function is like perror(). The only difference is that it accepts an error returned by a libtasn1 function.

error : is an error returned by a libtasn1 function.

asn1_get_tag_der ()

int         asn1_get_tag_der                (unsigned char *der,
                                             int der_len,
                                             unsigned char *cls,
                                             int *len,
                                             unsigned long *tag);

Decode the class and TAG from DER code.

der : DER data to decode.
der_len : Length of DER data to decode.
cls :
len : Output variable containing the length of the DER TAG data.
tag : Output variable containing the decoded tag.
Returns : Returns ASN1_SUCCESS on success, or an error.

asn1_octet_der ()

void        asn1_octet_der                  (unsigned char *str,
                                             int str_len,
                                             unsigned char *der,
                                             int *der_len);

Creates the DER coding for an OCTET type (length included).

str : OCTET string.
str_len : STR length (str[0]..str[str_len-1]).
der : string returned.
der_len : number of meaningful bytes of DER (der[0]..der[ans_len-1]).

asn1_get_octet_der ()

asn1_retCode asn1_get_octet_der             (unsigned char *der,
                                             int der_len,
                                             int *ret_len,
                                             unsigned char *str,
                                             int str_size,
                                             int *str_len);

Extract an OCTET SEQUENCE from DER data.

der : DER data to decode containing the OCTET SEQUENCE.
der_len : Length of DER data to decode.
ret_len : Output variable containing the length of the DER data.
str : Pre-allocated output buffer to put decoded OCTET SEQUENCE in.
str_size : Length of pre-allocated output buffer.
str_len : Output variable containing the length of the OCTET SEQUENCE.
Returns : Returns ASN1_SUCCESS on success, or an error.

asn1_bit_der ()

void        asn1_bit_der                    (unsigned char *str,
                                             int bit_len,
                                             unsigned char *der,
                                             int *der_len);

Creates the DER coding for a BIT STRING type (length and pad included).

str : BIT string.
bit_len : number of meaningful bits in STR.
der : string returned.
der_len : number of meaningful bytes of DER (der[0]..der[ans_len-1]).

asn1_get_bit_der ()

asn1_retCode asn1_get_bit_der               (unsigned char *der,
                                             int der_len,
                                             int *ret_len,
                                             unsigned char *str,
                                             int str_size,
                                             int *bit_len);

Extract a BIT SEQUENCE from DER data.

der : DER data to decode containing the BIT SEQUENCE.
der_len : Length of DER data to decode.
ret_len : Output variable containing the length of the DER data.
str : Pre-allocated output buffer to put decoded BIT SEQUENCE in.
str_size : Length of pre-allocated output buffer.
bit_len : Output variable containing the size of the BIT SEQUENCE.
Returns : Return ASN1_SUCCESS on success, or an error.

asn1_length_der ()

void        asn1_length_der                 (long int len,
                                             unsigned char *ans,
                                             int *ans_len);

Creates the DER coding for the LEN parameter (only the length). The ans buffer is pre-allocated and must have room for the output.

len : value to convert.
ans : string returned.
ans_len : number of meaningful bytes of ANS (ans[0]..ans[ans_len-1]).

asn1_find_node ()

ASN1_TYPE   asn1_find_node                  (ASN1_TYPE pointer,
                                             const char *name);

Searches for an element called NAME starting from POINTER. The name is composed by differents identifiers separated by dots. When *POINTER has a name, the first identifier must be the name of *POINTER, otherwise it must be the name of one child of *POINTER.

pointer : NODE_ASN element pointer.
name : null terminated string with the element's name to find.
Returns : the searching result. NULL if not found.

asn1_copy_node ()

asn1_retCode asn1_copy_node                 (ASN1_TYPE dst,
                                             const char *dst_name,
                                             ASN1_TYPE src,
                                             const char *src_name);

Create a deep copy of a ASN1_TYPE variable.

dst : Destination ASN1_TYPE node.
dst_name : Field name in destination node.
src : Source ASN1_TYPE node.
src_name : Field name in source node.
Returns : Return ASN1_SUCCESS on success.