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+++ b/doc/libtasn1.info
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-This is libtasn1.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.5 from
+This is libtasn1.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.7 from
libtasn1.texi.
-This manual is for GNU Libtasn1 (version 4.14, 29 March 2019), which is
-a library for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) and Distinguished
+This manual is for GNU Libtasn1 (version 4.19.0, 18 August 2022), which
+is a library for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) and Distinguished
Encoding Rules (DER) manipulation.
- Copyright (C) 2001-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ File: libtasn1.info, Node: Top, Next: Introduction, Up: (dir)
Libtasn1
********
-This manual is for GNU Libtasn1 (version 4.14, 29 March 2019), which is
-a library for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) and Distinguished
+This manual is for GNU Libtasn1 (version 4.19.0, 18 August 2022), which
+is a library for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) and Distinguished
Encoding Rules (DER) manipulation.
- Copyright (C) 2001-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
@@ -280,14 +280,20 @@ File: libtasn1.info, Node: Invoking asn1Parser, Next: Invoking asn1Coding, Up
'asn1Parser' reads a single file with ASN.1 definitions and generates a
file with an array to use with libtasn1 functions.
-Usage: asn1Parser [options] file
+Usage: asn1Parser [OPTION] FILE
+Read FILE with ASN.1 definitions and generate
+a C array that is used with libtasn1 functions.
-Options:
- -h : shows the help message.
- -v : shows version information and exit.
- -c : checks the syntax only.
- -o file : output file.
- -n name : array name.
+Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
+ -c, --check checks the syntax only
+ -o, --output=FILE output file
+ -n, --name=NAME array name
+ -h, --help display this help and exit
+ -v, --version output version information and exit
+
+Report bugs to: help-libtasn1@gnu.org
+GNU Libtasn1 home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/libtasn1/>
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

File: libtasn1.info, Node: Invoking asn1Coding, Next: Invoking asn1Decoding, Prev: Invoking asn1Parser, Up: Utilities
@@ -313,14 +319,19 @@ element itself. (as in the example below.)
The output file is a binary file with the DER encoding.
-Usage: asn1Coding [options] file1 file2
- file1 : file with ASN1 definitions.
- file2 : file with assignments.
-Options:
- -h : shows the help message.
- -v : shows version information and exit.
- -c : checks the syntax only.
- -o file : output file.
+Usage: asn1Coding [OPTION] DEFINITIONS ASSIGNMENTS
+Generates a DER encoding of ASN.1 DEFINITIONS file
+and ASSIGNMENTS file with value assignments.
+
+Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
+ -c, --check checks the syntax only
+ -o, --output=FILE output file
+ -h, --help display this help and exit
+ -v, --version output version information and exit
+
+Report bugs to: help-libtasn1@gnu.org
+GNU Libtasn1 home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/libtasn1/>
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
For example, consider an ASN.1 definitions file as follows:
@@ -378,14 +389,19 @@ File: libtasn1.info, Node: Invoking asn1Decoding, Prev: Invoking asn1Coding,
'asn1Decoding' generates an ASN.1 structure from a file with ASN.1
definitions and a binary file with a DER encoding.
-Usage: asn1Decoding [options] file1 file2 type
- file1 : file with ASN1 definitions.
- file2 : binary file with a DER encoding.
- type : ASN1 definition name.
-Options:
- -h : shows the help message.
- -v : shows version information and exit.
- -o file : output file.
+Usage: asn1Decoding [OPTION] DEFINITIONS ENCODED ASN1TYPE
+Decodes DER data in ENCODED file, for the ASN1TYPE element
+described in ASN.1 DEFINITIONS file, and print decoded structures.
+
+ -b, --benchmark perform a benchmark on decoding
+ -s, --strict use strict DER decoding
+ -t, --no-time-strict use strict DER decoding but not in time fields
+ -h, --help display this help and exit
+ -v, --version output version information and exit
+
+Report bugs to: help-libtasn1@gnu.org
+GNU Libtasn1 home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/libtasn1/>
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
For example, after generating the 'assign.out' file from the example
section of the 'asn1Coding' command above, the following invocation will
@@ -436,7 +452,7 @@ asn1_parser2tree
occurred while opening 'file' , 'ASN1_SYNTAX_ERROR' if the syntax
is not correct, 'ASN1_IDENTIFIER_NOT_FOUND' if in the file there is
an identifier that is not defined, 'ASN1_NAME_TOO_LONG' if in the
- file there is an identifier whith more than 'ASN1_MAX_NAME_SIZE'
+ file there is an identifier with more than 'ASN1_MAX_NAME_SIZE'
characters.
asn1_parser2array
@@ -468,7 +484,7 @@ asn1_parser2array
occurred while opening 'inputFileName' , 'ASN1_SYNTAX_ERROR' if the
syntax is not correct, 'ASN1_IDENTIFIER_NOT_FOUND' if in the file
there is an identifier that is not defined, 'ASN1_NAME_TOO_LONG' if
- in the file there is an identifier whith more than
+ in the file there is an identifier with more than
'ASN1_MAX_NAME_SIZE' characters.

@@ -517,7 +533,7 @@ asn1_delete_structure2
unsigned int FLAGS)
STRUCTURE: pointer to the structure that you want to delete.
- FLAGS: additional flags (see 'ASN1_DELETE_FLAG' )
+ FLAGS: additional flags (see 'ASN1_DELETE_FLAG_ZEROIZE' )
Deletes the structure * 'structure' . At the end, * 'structure' is
set to NULL.
@@ -543,8 +559,8 @@ asn1_delete_element
asn1_create_element
-------------------
- -- Function: int asn1_create_element (asn1_node DEFINITIONS, const char
- * SOURCE_NAME, asn1_node * ELEMENT)
+ -- Function: int asn1_create_element (asn1_node_const DEFINITIONS,
+ const char * SOURCE_NAME, asn1_node * ELEMENT)
DEFINITIONS: pointer to the structure returned by "parser_asn1"
function
@@ -564,7 +580,7 @@ asn1_create_element
asn1_print_structure
--------------------
- -- Function: void asn1_print_structure (FILE * OUT, asn1_node
+ -- Function: void asn1_print_structure (FILE * OUT, asn1_node_const
STRUCTURE, const char * NAME, int MODE)
OUT: pointer to the output file (e.g. stdout).
@@ -582,8 +598,8 @@ asn1_print_structure
asn1_number_of_elements
-----------------------
- -- Function: int asn1_number_of_elements (asn1_node ELEMENT, const char
- * NAME, int * NUM)
+ -- Function: int asn1_number_of_elements (asn1_node_const ELEMENT,
+ const char * NAME, int * NUM)
ELEMENT: pointer to the root of an ASN1 structure.
NAME: the name of a sub-structure of ROOT.
@@ -600,7 +616,7 @@ asn1_number_of_elements
asn1_find_structure_from_oid
----------------------------
- -- Function: const char * asn1_find_structure_from_oid (asn1_node
+ -- Function: const char * asn1_find_structure_from_oid (asn1_node_const
DEFINITIONS, const char * OIDVALUE)
DEFINITIONS: ASN1 definitions
@@ -616,7 +632,7 @@ asn1_copy_node
--------------
-- Function: int asn1_copy_node (asn1_node DST, const char * DST_NAME,
- asn1_node SRC, const char * SRC_NAME)
+ asn1_node_const SRC, const char * SRC_NAME)
DST: Destination asn1 node.
DST_NAME: Field name in destination node.
@@ -633,7 +649,7 @@ asn1_copy_node
asn1_dup_node
-------------
- -- Function: asn1_node asn1_dup_node (asn1_node SRC, const char *
+ -- Function: asn1_node asn1_dup_node (asn1_node_const SRC, const char *
SRC_NAME)
SRC: Source asn1 node.
@@ -757,8 +773,8 @@ asn1_write_value
asn1_read_value
---------------
- -- Function: int asn1_read_value (asn1_node ROOT, const char * NAME,
- void * IVALUE, int * LEN)
+ -- Function: int asn1_read_value (asn1_node_const ROOT, const char *
+ NAME, void * IVALUE, int * LEN)
ROOT: pointer to a structure.
NAME: the name of the element inside a structure that you want to
@@ -831,8 +847,8 @@ asn1_read_value
asn1_read_value_type
--------------------
- -- Function: int asn1_read_value_type (asn1_node ROOT, const char *
- NAME, void * IVALUE, int * LEN, unsigned int * ETYPE)
+ -- Function: int asn1_read_value_type (asn1_node_const ROOT, const char
+ * NAME, void * IVALUE, int * LEN, unsigned int * ETYPE)
ROOT: pointer to a structure.
NAME: the name of the element inside a structure that you want to
@@ -907,8 +923,8 @@ asn1_read_value_type
asn1_read_tag
-------------
- -- Function: int asn1_read_tag (asn1_node ROOT, const char * NAME, int
- * TAGVALUE, int * CLASSVALUE)
+ -- Function: int asn1_read_tag (asn1_node_const ROOT, const char *
+ NAME, int * TAGVALUE, int * CLASSVALUE)
ROOT: pointer to a structure
NAME: the name of the element inside a structure.
@@ -928,7 +944,7 @@ asn1_read_tag
asn1_read_node_value
--------------------
- -- Function: int asn1_read_node_value (asn1_node NODE,
+ -- Function: int asn1_read_node_value (asn1_node_const NODE,
asn1_data_node_st * DATA)
NODE: pointer to a node.
@@ -1013,6 +1029,26 @@ asn1_encode_simple_der
*Returns:* 'ASN1_SUCCESS' if successful or an error value.
+asn1_object_id_der
+------------------
+
+ -- Function: int asn1_object_id_der (const char * STR, unsigned char *
+ DER, int * DER_LEN, unsigned FLAGS)
+ STR: An object identifier in numeric, dot format.
+
+ DER: buffer to hold the returned encoding (may be 'NULL' ).
+
+ DER_LEN: initially the size of 'der' ; will hold the final size.
+
+ FLAGS: must be zero
+
+ Creates the DER encoding of the provided object identifier.
+
+ *Returns:* 'ASN1_SUCCESS' if DER encoding was OK,
+ 'ASN1_VALUE_NOT_VALID' if 'str' is not a valid OID,
+ 'ASN1_MEM_ERROR' if the 'der' vector isn't big enough and in this
+ case 'der_len' will contain the length needed.
+
asn1_bit_der
------------
@@ -1041,8 +1077,8 @@ asn1_bit_der
asn1_der_coding
---------------
- -- Function: int asn1_der_coding (asn1_node ELEMENT, const char * NAME,
- void * IDER, int * LEN, char * ERRORDESCRIPTION)
+ -- Function: int asn1_der_coding (asn1_node_const ELEMENT, const char *
+ NAME, void * IDER, int * LEN, char * ERRORDESCRIPTION)
ELEMENT: pointer to an ASN1 element
NAME: the name of the structure you want to encode (it must be
@@ -1329,8 +1365,8 @@ asn1_der_decoding_startEnd
asn1_expand_any_defined_by
--------------------------
- -- Function: int asn1_expand_any_defined_by (asn1_node DEFINITIONS,
- asn1_node * ELEMENT)
+ -- Function: int asn1_expand_any_defined_by (asn1_node_const
+ DEFINITIONS, asn1_node * ELEMENT)
DEFINITIONS: ASN1 definitions
ELEMENT: pointer to an ASN1 structure
@@ -1349,7 +1385,7 @@ asn1_expand_any_defined_by
asn1_expand_octet_string
------------------------
- -- Function: int asn1_expand_octet_string (asn1_node DEFINITIONS,
+ -- Function: int asn1_expand_octet_string (asn1_node_const DEFINITIONS,
asn1_node * ELEMENT, const char * OCTETNAME, const char *
OBJECTNAME)
DEFINITIONS: ASN1 definitions
@@ -1459,8 +1495,8 @@ File: libtasn1.info, Node: Auxilliary functions, Prev: Error handling function
asn1_find_node
--------------
- -- Function: asn1_node asn1_find_node (asn1_node POINTER, const char *
- NAME)
+ -- Function: asn1_node asn1_find_node (asn1_node_const POINTER, const
+ char * NAME)
POINTER: NODE_ASN element pointer.
NAME: null terminated string with the element's name to find.
@@ -2015,44 +2051,45 @@ Function and Data Index
* asn1_array2tree: ASN.1 field functions.
(line 9)
-* asn1_bit_der: DER functions. (line 77)
+* asn1_bit_der: DER functions. (line 97)
* asn1_check_version: Auxilliary functions.
(line 26)
* asn1_copy_node: ASN.1 field functions.
(line 144)
* asn1_create_element: ASN.1 field functions.
(line 72)
-* asn1_decode_simple_ber: DER functions. (line 457)
-* asn1_decode_simple_der: DER functions. (line 436)
+* asn1_decode_simple_ber: DER functions. (line 477)
+* asn1_decode_simple_der: DER functions. (line 456)
* asn1_delete_element: ASN.1 field functions.
(line 57)
* asn1_delete_structure: ASN.1 field functions.
(line 30)
* asn1_delete_structure2: ASN.1 field functions.
(line 42)
-* asn1_der_coding: DER functions. (line 102)
-* asn1_der_decoding: DER functions. (line 290)
-* asn1_der_decoding2: DER functions. (line 254)
-* asn1_der_decoding_element: DER functions. (line 317)
-* asn1_der_decoding_startEnd: DER functions. (line 350)
+* asn1_der_coding: DER functions. (line 122)
+* asn1_der_decoding: DER functions. (line 310)
+* asn1_der_decoding2: DER functions. (line 274)
+* asn1_der_decoding_element: DER functions. (line 337)
+* asn1_der_decoding_startEnd: DER functions. (line 370)
* asn1_dup_node: ASN.1 field functions.
(line 162)
* asn1_encode_simple_der: DER functions. (line 51)
-* asn1_expand_any_defined_by: DER functions. (line 390)
-* asn1_expand_octet_string: DER functions. (line 410)
+* asn1_expand_any_defined_by: DER functions. (line 410)
+* asn1_expand_octet_string: DER functions. (line 430)
* asn1_find_node: Auxilliary functions.
(line 9)
* asn1_find_structure_from_oid: ASN.1 field functions.
(line 129)
-* asn1_get_bit_der: DER functions. (line 232)
-* asn1_get_length_ber: DER functions. (line 166)
-* asn1_get_length_der: DER functions. (line 130)
-* asn1_get_object_id_der: DER functions. (line 212)
-* asn1_get_octet_der: DER functions. (line 186)
-* asn1_get_tag_der: DER functions. (line 147)
+* asn1_get_bit_der: DER functions. (line 252)
+* asn1_get_length_ber: DER functions. (line 186)
+* asn1_get_length_der: DER functions. (line 150)
+* asn1_get_object_id_der: DER functions. (line 232)
+* asn1_get_octet_der: DER functions. (line 206)
+* asn1_get_tag_der: DER functions. (line 167)
* asn1_length_der: DER functions. (line 9)
* asn1_number_of_elements: ASN.1 field functions.
(line 111)
+* asn1_object_id_der: DER functions. (line 77)
* asn1_octet_der: DER functions. (line 27)
* asn1_parser2array: ASN.1 schema functions.
(line 35)
@@ -2078,67 +2115,73 @@ Function and Data Index

Tag Table:
-Node: Top863
-Node: Introduction1855
-Node: ASN.1 structure handling3224
-Node: ASN.1 syntax3483
-Node: Naming5071
-Node: Simple parsing6052
-Node: Library Notes6379
-Node: Future developments7161
-Node: Utilities7460
-Node: Invoking asn1Parser7680
-Node: Invoking asn1Coding8142
-Node: Invoking asn1Decoding9879
-Node: Function reference10634
-Node: ASN.1 schema functions10918
-Ref: asn1_parser2tree11117
-Ref: asn1_parser2array12169
-Node: ASN.1 field functions13488
-Ref: asn1_array2tree13705
-Ref: asn1_delete_structure14557
-Ref: asn1_delete_structure214931
-Ref: asn1_delete_element15386
-Ref: asn1_create_element15858
-Ref: asn1_print_structure16512
-Ref: asn1_number_of_elements17141
-Ref: asn1_find_structure_from_oid17736
-Ref: asn1_copy_node18214
-Ref: asn1_dup_node18700
-Ref: asn1_write_value19060
-Ref: asn1_read_value23094
-Ref: asn1_read_value_type26027
-Ref: asn1_read_tag29035
-Ref: asn1_read_node_value29742
-Node: DER functions30088
-Ref: asn1_length_der30291
-Ref: asn1_octet_der30877
-Ref: asn1_encode_simple_der31685
-Ref: asn1_bit_der32515
-Ref: asn1_der_coding33306
-Ref: asn1_get_length_der34329
-Ref: asn1_get_tag_der34869
-Ref: asn1_get_length_ber35431
-Ref: asn1_get_octet_der36024
-Ref: asn1_get_object_id_der36883
-Ref: asn1_get_bit_der37552
-Ref: asn1_der_decoding238225
-Ref: asn1_der_decoding39623
-Ref: asn1_der_decoding_element40562
-Ref: asn1_der_decoding_startEnd41869
-Ref: asn1_expand_any_defined_by43321
-Ref: asn1_expand_octet_string44126
-Ref: asn1_decode_simple_der45127
-Ref: asn1_decode_simple_ber45769
-Node: Error handling functions46470
-Ref: asn1_perror46686
-Ref: asn1_strerror47027
-Node: Auxilliary functions47438
-Ref: asn1_find_node47630
-Ref: asn1_check_version48225
-Node: Copying Information48824
-Node: GNU Free Documentation License49077
-Node: Concept Index74192
-Node: Function and Data Index75298
+Node: Top866
+Node: Introduction1861
+Node: ASN.1 structure handling3230
+Node: ASN.1 syntax3489
+Node: Naming5077
+Node: Simple parsing6058
+Node: Library Notes6385
+Node: Future developments7167
+Node: Utilities7466
+Node: Invoking asn1Parser7686
+Node: Invoking asn1Coding8552
+Node: Invoking asn1Decoding10627
+Node: Function reference11759
+Node: ASN.1 schema functions12043
+Ref: asn1_parser2tree12242
+Ref: asn1_parser2array13293
+Node: ASN.1 field functions14611
+Ref: asn1_array2tree14828
+Ref: asn1_delete_structure15680
+Ref: asn1_delete_structure216054
+Ref: asn1_delete_element16517
+Ref: asn1_create_element16989
+Ref: asn1_print_structure17649
+Ref: asn1_number_of_elements18284
+Ref: asn1_find_structure_from_oid18885
+Ref: asn1_copy_node19369
+Ref: asn1_dup_node19861
+Ref: asn1_write_value20227
+Ref: asn1_read_value24261
+Ref: asn1_read_value_type27200
+Ref: asn1_read_tag30214
+Ref: asn1_read_node_value30927
+Node: DER functions31279
+Ref: asn1_length_der31482
+Ref: asn1_octet_der32068
+Ref: asn1_encode_simple_der32876
+Ref: asn1_object_id_der33718
+Ref: asn1_bit_der34384
+Ref: asn1_der_coding35175
+Ref: asn1_get_length_der36204
+Ref: asn1_get_tag_der36744
+Ref: asn1_get_length_ber37306
+Ref: asn1_get_octet_der37899
+Ref: asn1_get_object_id_der38758
+Ref: asn1_get_bit_der39427
+Ref: asn1_der_decoding240100
+Ref: asn1_der_decoding41498
+Ref: asn1_der_decoding_element42437
+Ref: asn1_der_decoding_startEnd43744
+Ref: asn1_expand_any_defined_by45196
+Ref: asn1_expand_octet_string46007
+Ref: asn1_decode_simple_der47014
+Ref: asn1_decode_simple_ber47656
+Node: Error handling functions48357
+Ref: asn1_perror48573
+Ref: asn1_strerror48914
+Node: Auxilliary functions49325
+Ref: asn1_find_node49517
+Ref: asn1_check_version50118
+Node: Copying Information50717
+Node: GNU Free Documentation License50970
+Node: Concept Index76085
+Node: Function and Data Index77191

End Tag Table
+
+
+Local Variables:
+coding: utf-8
+End: