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Title "D2I_X509 3ossl" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
way too many mistakes in technical documents.
d2i_ACCESS_DESCRIPTION, d2i_ADMISSIONS, d2i_ADMISSION_SYNTAX, d2i_ASIdOrRange, d2i_ASIdentifierChoice, d2i_ASIdentifiers, d2i_ASN1_BIT_STRING, d2i_ASN1_BMPSTRING, d2i_ASN1_ENUMERATED, d2i_ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME, d2i_ASN1_GENERALSTRING, d2i_ASN1_IA5STRING, d2i_ASN1_INTEGER, d2i_ASN1_NULL, d2i_ASN1_OBJECT, d2i_ASN1_OCTET_STRING, d2i_ASN1_PRINTABLE, d2i_ASN1_PRINTABLESTRING, d2i_ASN1_SEQUENCE_ANY, d2i_ASN1_SET_ANY, d2i_ASN1_T61STRING, d2i_ASN1_TIME, d2i_ASN1_TYPE, d2i_ASN1_UINTEGER, d2i_ASN1_UNIVERSALSTRING, d2i_ASN1_UTCTIME, d2i_ASN1_UTF8STRING, d2i_ASN1_VISIBLESTRING, d2i_ASRange, d2i_AUTHORITY_INFO_ACCESS, d2i_AUTHORITY_KEYID, d2i_BASIC_CONSTRAINTS, d2i_CERTIFICATEPOLICIES, d2i_CMS_ContentInfo, d2i_CMS_ReceiptRequest, d2i_CMS_bio, d2i_CRL_DIST_POINTS, d2i_DHxparams, d2i_DIRECTORYSTRING, d2i_DISPLAYTEXT, d2i_DIST_POINT, d2i_DIST_POINT_NAME, d2i_DSA_SIG, d2i_ECDSA_SIG, d2i_ECPKParameters, d2i_EDIPARTYNAME, d2i_ESS_CERT_ID, d2i_ESS_CERT_ID_V2, d2i_ESS_ISSUER_SERIAL, d2i_ESS_SIGNING_CERT, d2i_ESS_SIGNING_CERT_V2, d2i_EXTENDED_KEY_USAGE, d2i_GENERAL_NAME, d2i_GENERAL_NAMES, d2i_IPAddressChoice, d2i_IPAddressFamily, d2i_IPAddressOrRange, d2i_IPAddressRange, d2i_ISSUER_SIGN_TOOL, d2i_ISSUING_DIST_POINT, d2i_NAMING_AUTHORITY, d2i_NETSCAPE_CERT_SEQUENCE, d2i_NETSCAPE_SPKAC, d2i_NETSCAPE_SPKI, d2i_NOTICEREF, d2i_OCSP_BASICRESP, d2i_OCSP_CERTID, d2i_OCSP_CERTSTATUS, d2i_OCSP_CRLID, d2i_OCSP_ONEREQ, d2i_OCSP_REQINFO, d2i_OCSP_REQUEST, d2i_OCSP_RESPBYTES, d2i_OCSP_RESPDATA, d2i_OCSP_RESPID, d2i_OCSP_RESPONSE, d2i_OCSP_REVOKEDINFO, d2i_OCSP_SERVICELOC, d2i_OCSP_SIGNATURE, d2i_OCSP_SINGLERESP, d2i_OSSL_CMP_MSG, d2i_OSSL_CMP_PKIHEADER, d2i_OSSL_CMP_PKISI, d2i_OSSL_CRMF_CERTID, d2i_OSSL_CRMF_CERTTEMPLATE, d2i_OSSL_CRMF_ENCRYPTEDVALUE, d2i_OSSL_CRMF_MSG, d2i_OSSL_CRMF_MSGS, d2i_OSSL_CRMF_PBMPARAMETER, d2i_OSSL_CRMF_PKIPUBLICATIONINFO, d2i_OSSL_CRMF_SINGLEPUBINFO, d2i_OTHERNAME, d2i_PBE2PARAM, d2i_PBEPARAM, d2i_PBKDF2PARAM, d2i_PKCS12, d2i_PKCS12_BAGS, d2i_PKCS12_MAC_DATA, d2i_PKCS12_SAFEBAG, d2i_PKCS12_bio, d2i_PKCS12_fp, d2i_PKCS7, d2i_PKCS7_DIGEST, d2i_PKCS7_ENCRYPT, d2i_PKCS7_ENC_CONTENT, d2i_PKCS7_ENVELOPE, d2i_PKCS7_ISSUER_AND_SERIAL, d2i_PKCS7_RECIP_INFO, d2i_PKCS7_SIGNED, d2i_PKCS7_SIGNER_INFO, d2i_PKCS7_SIGN_ENVELOPE, d2i_PKCS7_bio, d2i_PKCS7_fp, d2i_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO, d2i_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_bio, d2i_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_fp, d2i_PKCS8_bio, d2i_PKCS8_fp, d2i_PKEY_USAGE_PERIOD, d2i_POLICYINFO, d2i_POLICYQUALINFO, d2i_PROFESSION_INFO, d2i_PROXY_CERT_INFO_EXTENSION, d2i_PROXY_POLICY, d2i_RSA_OAEP_PARAMS, d2i_RSA_PSS_PARAMS, d2i_SCRYPT_PARAMS, d2i_SCT_LIST, d2i_SXNET, d2i_SXNETID, d2i_TS_ACCURACY, d2i_TS_MSG_IMPRINT, d2i_TS_MSG_IMPRINT_bio, d2i_TS_MSG_IMPRINT_fp, d2i_TS_REQ, d2i_TS_REQ_bio, d2i_TS_REQ_fp, d2i_TS_RESP, d2i_TS_RESP_bio, d2i_TS_RESP_fp, d2i_TS_STATUS_INFO, d2i_TS_TST_INFO, d2i_TS_TST_INFO_bio, d2i_TS_TST_INFO_fp, d2i_USERNOTICE, d2i_X509, d2i_X509_bio, d2i_X509_fp, d2i_X509_ALGOR, d2i_X509_ALGORS, d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE, d2i_X509_CERT_AUX, d2i_X509_CINF, d2i_X509_CRL, d2i_X509_CRL_INFO, d2i_X509_CRL_bio, d2i_X509_CRL_fp, d2i_X509_EXTENSION, d2i_X509_EXTENSIONS, d2i_X509_NAME, d2i_X509_NAME_ENTRY, d2i_X509_PUBKEY, d2i_X509_PUBKEY_bio, d2i_X509_PUBKEY_fp, d2i_X509_REQ, d2i_X509_REQ_INFO, d2i_X509_REQ_bio, d2i_X509_REQ_fp, d2i_X509_REVOKED, d2i_X509_SIG, d2i_X509_VAL, i2d_ACCESS_DESCRIPTION, i2d_ADMISSIONS, i2d_ADMISSION_SYNTAX, i2d_ASIdOrRange, i2d_ASIdentifierChoice, i2d_ASIdentifiers, i2d_ASN1_BIT_STRING, i2d_ASN1_BMPSTRING, i2d_ASN1_ENUMERATED, i2d_ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME, i2d_ASN1_GENERALSTRING, i2d_ASN1_IA5STRING, i2d_ASN1_INTEGER, i2d_ASN1_NULL, i2d_ASN1_OBJECT, i2d_ASN1_OCTET_STRING, i2d_ASN1_PRINTABLE, i2d_ASN1_PRINTABLESTRING, i2d_ASN1_SEQUENCE_ANY, i2d_ASN1_SET_ANY, i2d_ASN1_T61STRING, i2d_ASN1_TIME, i2d_ASN1_TYPE, i2d_ASN1_UNIVERSALSTRING, i2d_ASN1_UTCTIME, i2d_ASN1_UTF8STRING, i2d_ASN1_VISIBLESTRING, i2d_ASN1_bio_stream, i2d_ASRange, i2d_AUTHORITY_INFO_ACCESS, i2d_AUTHORITY_KEYID, i2d_BASIC_CONSTRAINTS, i2d_CERTIFICATEPOLICIES, i2d_CMS_ContentInfo, i2d_CMS_ReceiptRequest, i2d_CMS_bio, i2d_CRL_DIST_POINTS, i2d_DHxparams, i2d_DIRECTORYSTRING, i2d_DISPLAYTEXT, i2d_DIST_POINT, i2d_DIST_POINT_NAME, i2d_DSA_SIG, i2d_ECDSA_SIG, i2d_ECPKParameters, i2d_EDIPARTYNAME, i2d_ESS_CERT_ID, i2d_ESS_CERT_ID_V2, i2d_ESS_ISSUER_SERIAL, i2d_ESS_SIGNING_CERT, i2d_ESS_SIGNING_CERT_V2, i2d_EXTENDED_KEY_USAGE, i2d_GENERAL_NAME, i2d_GENERAL_NAMES, i2d_IPAddressChoice, i2d_IPAddressFamily, i2d_IPAddressOrRange, i2d_IPAddressRange, i2d_ISSUER_SIGN_TOOL, i2d_ISSUING_DIST_POINT, i2d_NAMING_AUTHORITY, i2d_NETSCAPE_CERT_SEQUENCE, i2d_NETSCAPE_SPKAC, i2d_NETSCAPE_SPKI, i2d_NOTICEREF, i2d_OCSP_BASICRESP, i2d_OCSP_CERTID, i2d_OCSP_CERTSTATUS, i2d_OCSP_CRLID, i2d_OCSP_ONEREQ, i2d_OCSP_REQINFO, i2d_OCSP_REQUEST, i2d_OCSP_RESPBYTES, i2d_OCSP_RESPDATA, i2d_OCSP_RESPID, i2d_OCSP_RESPONSE, i2d_OCSP_REVOKEDINFO, i2d_OCSP_SERVICELOC, i2d_OCSP_SIGNATURE, i2d_OCSP_SINGLERESP, i2d_OSSL_CMP_MSG, i2d_OSSL_CMP_PKIHEADER, i2d_OSSL_CMP_PKISI, i2d_OSSL_CRMF_CERTID, i2d_OSSL_CRMF_CERTTEMPLATE, i2d_OSSL_CRMF_ENCRYPTEDVALUE, i2d_OSSL_CRMF_MSG, i2d_OSSL_CRMF_MSGS, i2d_OSSL_CRMF_PBMPARAMETER, i2d_OSSL_CRMF_PKIPUBLICATIONINFO, i2d_OSSL_CRMF_SINGLEPUBINFO, i2d_OTHERNAME, i2d_PBE2PARAM, i2d_PBEPARAM, i2d_PBKDF2PARAM, i2d_PKCS12, i2d_PKCS12_BAGS, i2d_PKCS12_MAC_DATA, i2d_PKCS12_SAFEBAG, i2d_PKCS12_bio, i2d_PKCS12_fp, i2d_PKCS7, i2d_PKCS7_DIGEST, i2d_PKCS7_ENCRYPT, i2d_PKCS7_ENC_CONTENT, i2d_PKCS7_ENVELOPE, i2d_PKCS7_ISSUER_AND_SERIAL, i2d_PKCS7_NDEF, i2d_PKCS7_RECIP_INFO, i2d_PKCS7_SIGNED, i2d_PKCS7_SIGNER_INFO, i2d_PKCS7_SIGN_ENVELOPE, i2d_PKCS7_bio, i2d_PKCS7_fp, i2d_PKCS8PrivateKeyInfo_bio, i2d_PKCS8PrivateKeyInfo_fp, i2d_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO, i2d_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_bio, i2d_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_fp, i2d_PKCS8_bio, i2d_PKCS8_fp, i2d_PKEY_USAGE_PERIOD, i2d_POLICYINFO, i2d_POLICYQUALINFO, i2d_PROFESSION_INFO, i2d_PROXY_CERT_INFO_EXTENSION, i2d_PROXY_POLICY, i2d_RSA_OAEP_PARAMS, i2d_RSA_PSS_PARAMS, i2d_SCRYPT_PARAMS, i2d_SCT_LIST, i2d_SXNET, i2d_SXNETID, i2d_TS_ACCURACY, i2d_TS_MSG_IMPRINT, i2d_TS_MSG_IMPRINT_bio, i2d_TS_MSG_IMPRINT_fp, i2d_TS_REQ, i2d_TS_REQ_bio, i2d_TS_REQ_fp, i2d_TS_RESP, i2d_TS_RESP_bio, i2d_TS_RESP_fp, i2d_TS_STATUS_INFO, i2d_TS_TST_INFO, i2d_TS_TST_INFO_bio, i2d_TS_TST_INFO_fp, i2d_USERNOTICE, i2d_X509, i2d_X509_bio, i2d_X509_fp, i2d_X509_ALGOR, i2d_X509_ALGORS, i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE, i2d_X509_CERT_AUX, i2d_X509_CINF, i2d_X509_CRL, i2d_X509_CRL_INFO, i2d_X509_CRL_bio, i2d_X509_CRL_fp, i2d_X509_EXTENSION, i2d_X509_EXTENSIONS, i2d_X509_NAME, i2d_X509_NAME_ENTRY, i2d_X509_PUBKEY, i2d_X509_PUBKEY_bio, i2d_X509_PUBKEY_fp, i2d_X509_REQ, i2d_X509_REQ_INFO, i2d_X509_REQ_bio, i2d_X509_REQ_fp, i2d_X509_REVOKED, i2d_X509_SIG, i2d_X509_VAL, \- convert objects from/to ASN.1/DER representation Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 3 TYPE *d2i_TYPE(TYPE **a, const unsigned char **ppin, long length); TYPE *d2i_TYPE_bio(BIO *bp, TYPE **a); TYPE *d2i_TYPE_fp(FILE *fp, TYPE **a); \& int i2d_TYPE(const TYPE *a, unsigned char **ppout); int i2d_TYPE(TYPE *a, unsigned char **ppout); int i2d_TYPE_fp(FILE *fp, const TYPE *a); int i2d_TYPE_fp(FILE *fp, TYPE *a); int i2d_TYPE_bio(BIO *bp, const TYPE *a); int i2d_TYPE_bio(BIO *bp, TYPE *a); .Ve Header "DESCRIPTION" In the description here, \f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0 is used a placeholder for any of the OpenSSL datatypes, such as X509_CRL. The function parameters ppin and ppout are generally either both named pp in the headers, or in and out.

These functions convert OpenSSL objects to and from their \s-1ASN.1/DER\s0 encoding. Unlike the C structures which can have pointers to sub-objects within, the \s-1DER\s0 is a serialized encoding, suitable for sending over the network, writing to a file, and so on.

\fBd2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() attempts to decode len bytes at *ppin. If successful a pointer to the \f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0 structure is returned and *ppin is incremented to the byte following the parsed data. If a is not \s-1NULL\s0 then a pointer to the returned structure is also written to *a. If an error occurred then \s-1NULL\s0 is returned.

On a successful return, if *a is not \s-1NULL\s0 then it is assumed that *a contains a valid \f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0 structure and an attempt is made to reuse it. This \*(L"reuse\*(R" capability is present for historical compatibility but its use is \fBstrongly discouraged (see \s-1BUGS\s0 below, and the discussion in the \s-1RETURN VALUES\s0 section).

\fBd2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0_bio() is similar to d2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() except it attempts to parse data from \s-1BIO\s0 bp.

\fBd2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0_fp() is similar to d2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() except it attempts to parse data from \s-1FILE\s0 pointer fp.

\fBi2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() encodes the structure pointed to by a into \s-1DER\s0 format. If ppout is not \s-1NULL,\s0 it writes the \s-1DER\s0 encoded data to the buffer at *ppout, and increments it to point after the data just written. If the return value is negative an error occurred, otherwise it returns the length of the encoded data.

If *ppout is \s-1NULL\s0 memory will be allocated for a buffer and the encoded data written to it. In this case *ppout is not incremented and it points to the start of the data just written.

\fBi2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0_bio() is similar to i2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() except it writes the encoding of the structure a to \s-1BIO\s0 bp and it returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.

\fBi2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0_fp() is similar to i2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() except it writes the encoding of the structure a to \s-1FILE\s0 pointer fp and it returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.

These routines do not encrypt private keys and therefore offer no security; use PEM_write_PrivateKey\|(3) or similar for writing to files.

Header "NOTES" The letters i and d in i2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() stand for \*(L"internal\*(R" (that is, an internal C structure) and \*(L"\s-1DER\*(R"\s0 respectively. So i2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() converts from internal to \s-1DER.\s0

The functions can also understand \s-1BER\s0 forms.

The actual \s-1TYPE\s0 structure passed to i2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() must be a valid populated \f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0 structure \*(-- it cannot simply be fed with an empty structure such as that returned by TYPE_new().

The encoded data is in binary form and may contain embedded zeros. Therefore, any \s-1FILE\s0 pointers or BIOs should be opened in binary mode. Functions such as strlen() will not return the correct length of the encoded structure.

The ways that *ppin and *ppout are incremented after the operation can trap the unwary. See the \s-1WARNINGS\s0 section for some common errors. The reason for this-auto increment behaviour is to reflect a typical usage of \s-1ASN1\s0 functions: after one structure is encoded or decoded another will be processed after it.

The following points about the data types might be useful:

Item "ASN1_OBJECT" Represents an \s-1ASN1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER.\s0 Item "DHparams" Represents a PKCS#3 \s-1DH\s0 parameters structure. Item "DHxparams" Represents an \s-1ANSI X9.42 DH\s0 parameters structure. Item "ECDSA_SIG" Represents an \s-1ECDSA\s0 signature. Item "X509_ALGOR" Represents an AlgorithmIdentifier structure as used in \s-1IETF RFC 6960\s0 and elsewhere. Item "X509_NAME" Represents a Name type as used for subject and issuer names in \s-1IETF RFC 6960\s0 and elsewhere. Item "X509_REQ" Represents a PKCS#10 certificate request. Item "X509_SIG" Represents the DigestInfo structure defined in PKCS#1 and PKCS#7. Header "RETURN VALUES" \fBd2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0(), d2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0_bio() and d2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0_fp() return a valid \fB\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0 structure or \s-1NULL\s0 if an error occurs. If the \*(L"reuse\*(R" capability has been used with a valid structure being passed in via a, then the object is freed in the event of error and *a is set to \s-1NULL.\s0

\fBi2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() returns the number of bytes successfully encoded or a negative value if an error occurs.

\fBi2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0_bio() and i2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0_fp() return 1 for success and 0 if an error occurs.

Header "EXAMPLES" Allocate and encode the \s-1DER\s0 encoding of an X509 structure:

.Vb 2 int len; unsigned char *buf; \& buf = NULL; len = i2d_X509(x, &buf); if (len < 0) /* error */ .Ve

Attempt to decode a buffer:

.Vb 4 X509 *x; unsigned char *buf; const unsigned char *p; int len; \& /* Set up buf and len to point to the input buffer. */ p = buf; x = d2i_X509(NULL, &p, len); if (x == NULL) /* error */ .Ve

Alternative technique:

.Vb 4 X509 *x; unsigned char *buf; const unsigned char *p; int len; \& /* Set up buf and len to point to the input buffer. */ p = buf; x = NULL; \& if (d2i_X509(&x, &p, len) == NULL) /* error */ .Ve

Header "WARNINGS" Using a temporary variable is mandatory. A common mistake is to attempt to use a buffer directly as follows:

.Vb 2 int len; unsigned char *buf; \& len = i2d_X509(x, NULL); buf = OPENSSL_malloc(len); ... i2d_X509(x, &buf); ... OPENSSL_free(buf); .Ve

This code will result in buf apparently containing garbage because it was incremented after the call to point after the data just written. Also buf will no longer contain the pointer allocated by OPENSSL_malloc() and the subsequent call to OPENSSL_free() is likely to crash.

Another trap to avoid is misuse of the a argument to d2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0():

.Vb 1 X509 *x; \& if (d2i_X509(&x, &p, len) == NULL) /* error */ .Ve

This will probably crash somewhere in d2i_X509(). The reason for this is that the variable x is uninitialized and an attempt will be made to interpret its (invalid) value as an X509 structure, typically causing a segmentation violation. If x is set to \s-1NULL\s0 first then this will not happen.

Header "BUGS" In some versions of OpenSSL the \*(L"reuse\*(R" behaviour of d2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() when \fI*a is valid is broken and some parts of the reused structure may persist if they are not present in the new one. Additionally, in versions of OpenSSL prior to 1.1.0, when the \*(L"reuse\*(R" behaviour is used and an error occurs the behaviour is inconsistent. Some functions behaved as described here, while some did not free *a on error and did not set *a to \s-1NULL.\s0

As a result of the above issues the \*(L"reuse\*(R" behaviour is strongly discouraged.

\fBi2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() will not return an error in many versions of OpenSSL, if mandatory fields are not initialized due to a programming error then the encoded structure may contain invalid data or omit the fields entirely and will not be parsed by d2i_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0(). This may be fixed in future so code should not assume that i2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0() will always succeed.

Any function which encodes a structure (i2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0(), \fBi2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0_bio() or i2d_\f(BI\s-1TYPE\s0_fp()) may return a stale encoding if the structure has been modified after deserialization or previous serialization. This is because some objects cache the encoding for efficiency reasons.

Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright 1998-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.