On Sun, Jul 02, 2017, Salz, Rich via openssl-dev wrote:
> > I tried using OBJ_create() with NULL or an empty string for the OID, but
> > currently it checks that the given OID is actually a valid one. Is there
> > any workaround to avoid this other than issuing my own OID?
>
> No. Just get an
> I tried using OBJ_create() with NULL or an empty string for the OID, but
> currently it checks that the given OID is actually a valid one. Is there any
> workaround to avoid this other than issuing my own OID?
No. Just get an OID ARC, such as from the IETF Enterprise MIB [it's free] and
>
> What do you want to do with the NID? Does it need to have a valid short
> name
> and/or long name associated with it (so OBJ_sn2nid etc work) but no valid
> OID
> or do you just need a NID value?
>
> You're right that currently OBJ_create() needs a valid OID passed to it:
> you
> can't pass a
On Mon, Jun 26, 2017, Nicola Tuveri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm working on ENGINE development, and I have the need to add an NID for a
> custom message digest, and eventually for ciphers and PKEY methods.
> Some of the associated object don't (and won't ever) have an associated
> OID, but I need to add
You can get an OID arc of your own for free. And then you can use real OID’s
which you just “throw away”
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Enterprise_Number
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Hi,
I'm working on ENGINE development, and I have the need to add an NID for a
custom message digest, and eventually for ciphers and PKEY methods.
Some of the associated object don't (and won't ever) have an associated
OID, but I need to add them dynamically to avoid requiring patches to the
