[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#797362: Bug#797362: libssl-dev: man page for ASN1 section 3 missing

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:14:15PM +0200, Alexander Koeppe wrote:
> Am 31.08.2015 um 22:26 schrieb Kurt Roeckx:
> > I'm unsure why you think you need to know anything about the ASN1
> > functions. I suggest that if you can you stay away from ASN1. Kurt 
> Simply because I'm contributing to an open source project which
> leverages the use of the openssl library. I've got to a point where I
> couldn't continue using the Standard API. If you want to handle
> different values in a certificate such helper functions become necessary.

I haven't tried to go this deep in a certificate using OpenSSL
yet, so I can't really help you at this point.  It also seems
unlikely that we get that documented properly soon, ASN1 would
clearly be lower priority to get documented than various other
things that are not properly documented.  If you need help
with something I suggest you mail to the openssl-users at openssl.org
list.  You're also of course free to contribute the documentation.


Kurt