NAME
d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE,
i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE —
decode and encode generic X.501
Attribute
SYNOPSIS
#include
<openssl/x509.h>
X509_ATTRIBUTE *
d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE(X509_ATTRIBUTE
**val_out, const unsigned char **der_in,
long length);
int
i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE(X509_ATTRIBUTE
*val_in, unsigned char **der_out);
DESCRIPTION
d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE()
and
i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE()
decode and encode a generic ASN.1 Attribute structure
defined in X.501 section 8.2. For details about the semantics, examples,
caveats, and bugs, see
ASN1_item_d2i(3).
RETURN VALUES
d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE() returns an
X509_ATTRIBUTE object or NULL
if an error occurs.
i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE() returns the number of
bytes successfully encoded or a negative value if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
ASN1_item_d2i(3), d2i_PKCS12(3), d2i_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO(3), d2i_X509_EXTENSION(3), d2i_X509_REQ(3), X509_ATTRIBUTE_new(3)
STANDARDS
ITU-T Recommendation X.501, also known as ISO/IEC 9594-2: Information Technology Open Systems Interconnection The Directory: Models, section 8.2: Overall structure
HISTORY
d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE() and
i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE() first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.1
and have been available since OpenBSD 2.4.