1.\" $OpenBSD: d2i_GENERAL_NAME.3,v 1.4 2018/03/22 21:08:22 schwarze Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> 4.\" 5.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 6.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 7.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 8.\" 9.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 10.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 11.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 12.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 13.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 14.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 15.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 16.\" 17.Dd $Mdocdate: March 22 2018 $ 18.Dt D2I_GENERAL_NAME 3 19.Os 20.Sh NAME 21.Nm d2i_GENERAL_NAME , 22.Nm i2d_GENERAL_NAME , 23.Nm d2i_GENERAL_NAMES , 24.Nm i2d_GENERAL_NAMES , 25.Nm d2i_EDIPARTYNAME , 26.Nm i2d_EDIPARTYNAME , 27.Nm d2i_OTHERNAME , 28.Nm i2d_OTHERNAME 29.Nd decode and encode names for use in X.509 extensions 30.Sh SYNOPSIS 31.In openssl/x509v3.h 32.Ft GENERAL_NAME * 33.Fo d2i_GENERAL_NAME 34.Fa "GENERAL_NAME **val_out" 35.Fa "const unsigned char **der_in" 36.Fa "long length" 37.Fc 38.Ft int 39.Fo i2d_GENERAL_NAME 40.Fa "GENERAL_NAME *val_in" 41.Fa "unsigned char **der_out" 42.Fc 43.Ft GENERAL_NAMES * 44.Fo d2i_GENERAL_NAMES 45.Fa "GENERAL_NAMES **val_out" 46.Fa "const unsigned char **der_in" 47.Fa "long length" 48.Fc 49.Ft int 50.Fo i2d_GENERAL_NAMES 51.Fa "GENERAL_NAMES *val_in" 52.Fa "unsigned char **der_out" 53.Fc 54.Ft EDIPARTYNAME * 55.Fo d2i_EDIPARTYNAME 56.Fa "EDIPARTYNAME **val_out" 57.Fa "const unsigned char **der_in" 58.Fa "long length" 59.Fc 60.Ft int 61.Fo i2d_EDIPARTYNAME 62.Fa "EDIPARTYNAME *val_in" 63.Fa "unsigned char **der_out" 64.Fc 65.Ft OTHERNAME * 66.Fo d2i_OTHERNAME 67.Fa "OTHERNAME **val_out" 68.Fa "const unsigned char **der_in" 69.Fa "long length" 70.Fc 71.Ft int 72.Fo i2d_OTHERNAME 73.Fa "OTHERNAME *val_in" 74.Fa "unsigned char **der_out" 75.Fc 76.Sh DESCRIPTION 77These functions decode and encode names that can be used in X.509 78extensions. 79For details about the semantics, examples, caveats, and bugs, see 80.Xr ASN1_item_d2i 3 . 81.Pp 82.Fn d2i_GENERAL_NAME 83and 84.Fn i2d_GENERAL_NAME 85decode and encode an ASN.1 86.Vt GeneralName 87structure defined in RFC 5280 section 4.2.1.6. 88.Pp 89.Fn d2i_GENERAL_NAMES 90and 91.Fn i2d_GENERAL_NAMES 92decode and encode an ASN.1 93.Vt GeneralNames 94structure defined in RFC 5280 section 4.2.1.6. 95.Pp 96.Fn d2i_EDIPARTYNAME 97and 98.Fn i2d_EDIPARTYNAME 99decode and encode an ASN.1 100.Vt EDIPartyName 101structure defined in RFC 5280 section 4.2.1.6. 102.Pp 103.Fn d2i_OTHERNAME 104and 105.Fn i2d_OTHERNAME 106decode and encode an ASN.1 107.Vt OtherName 108structure defined in RFC 5280 section 4.2.1.6. 109.Sh RETURN VALUES 110.Fn d2i_GENERAL_NAME , 111.Fn d2i_GENERAL_NAMES , 112.Fn d2i_EDIPARTYNAME , 113and 114.Fn d2i_OTHERNAME 115return a 116.Vt GENERAL_NAME , 117.Vt GENERAL_NAMES , 118.Vt EDIPARTYNAME , 119or 120.Vt OTHERNAME 121object, respectively, or 122.Dv NULL 123if an error occurs. 124.Pp 125.Fn i2d_GENERAL_NAME , 126.Fn i2d_GENERAL_NAMES , 127.Fn i2d_EDIPARTYNAME , 128and 129.Fn i2d_OTHERNAME 130return the number of bytes successfully encoded or a negative value 131if an error occurs. 132.Sh SEE ALSO 133.Xr ASN1_item_d2i 3 , 134.Xr d2i_X509_NAME 3 , 135.Xr GENERAL_NAME_new 3 , 136.Xr X509_EXTENSION_new 3 137.Sh STANDARDS 138RFC 5280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and 139Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile, 140section 4.2: Certificate Extensions 141.Sh HISTORY 142.Fn d2i_GENERAL_NAME , 143.Fn i2d_GENERAL_NAME , 144.Fn d2i_GENERAL_NAMES , 145and 146.Fn i2d_GENERAL_NAMES 147first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.2b and have been available since 148.Ox 2.6 . 149.Pp 150.Fn d2i_OTHERNAME 151and 152.Fn i2d_OTHERNAME 153first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.5 and have been available since 154.Ox 2.7 . 155.Pp 156.Fn d2i_EDIPARTYNAME 157and 158.Fn i2d_EDIPARTYNAME 159first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and have been available since 160.Ox 3.2 . 161