On Mon, Feb 12, 2007, Michael Leuchtner wrote:
> Seems I do something wrong when I create/ convert my BMPSTRING. When I create
> my certificate reqeust I always get an octet string value (FD FD FD FD AB AB
> AB AB AB AB AB AB ) but no embedded bmpstring. Strange thing is, when I
> alternate the string ("myTemplate") to an other string (of the same length)
> the octet value (FD FD ...) don't change.
> What's wrong?
>
> Here's my code:
>
> ...
> char* t = "myTemplate";
> nid = OBJ_create("1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2", "szOID_ENROLL_CERTTYPE_EXTENSION",
> "szOID_ENROLL_CERTTYPE_EXTENSION");
>
> ASN1_BMPSTRING* str = ASN1_BMPSTRING_new();
> ASN1_STRING_set(str, (unsigned char*)t, strlen(t));
> int size = i2d_ASN1_BMPSTRING(str, NULL);
> unsigned char *oStr = (unsigned char*)malloc(size);
>
> i2d_ASN1_BMPSTRING(str, &oStr);
The above call is wrong: read the FAQ.
Steve.
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