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17*10e00d17Sschwarze.Dd $Mdocdate: March 27 2018 $
1849864eb8Sschwarze.Dt D2I_X509_ATTRIBUTE 3
1949864eb8Sschwarze.Os
2049864eb8Sschwarze.Sh NAME
2149864eb8Sschwarze.Nm d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE ,
2249864eb8Sschwarze.Nm i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE
2349864eb8Sschwarze.\" In the following line, "X.501" and "Attribute" are not typos.
2449864eb8Sschwarze.\" The "Attribute" type is defined in X.501, not in X.509.
2549864eb8Sschwarze.\" The type in called "Attribute" with capital "A", not "attribute".
2649864eb8Sschwarze.Nd decode and encode generic X.501 Attribute
2749864eb8Sschwarze.Sh SYNOPSIS
2849864eb8Sschwarze.In openssl/x509.h
2949864eb8Sschwarze.Ft X509_ATTRIBUTE *
3049864eb8Sschwarze.Fo d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE
3149864eb8Sschwarze.Fa "X509_ATTRIBUTE **val_out"
3249864eb8Sschwarze.Fa "const unsigned char **der_in"
3349864eb8Sschwarze.Fa "long length"
3449864eb8Sschwarze.Fc
3549864eb8Sschwarze.Ft int
3649864eb8Sschwarze.Fo i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE
3749864eb8Sschwarze.Fa "X509_ATTRIBUTE *val_in"
3849864eb8Sschwarze.Fa "unsigned char **der_out"
3949864eb8Sschwarze.Fc
4049864eb8Sschwarze.Sh DESCRIPTION
4149864eb8Sschwarze.Fn d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE
4249864eb8Sschwarzeand
4349864eb8Sschwarze.Fn i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE
4449864eb8Sschwarzedecode and encode a generic ASN.1
4549864eb8Sschwarze.Vt Attribute
4649864eb8Sschwarzestructure defined in X.501 section 8.2.
4749864eb8SschwarzeFor details about the semantics, examples, caveats, and bugs, see
4849864eb8Sschwarze.Xr ASN1_item_d2i 3 .
4949864eb8Sschwarze.Sh RETURN VALUES
5049864eb8Sschwarze.Fn d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE
5149864eb8Sschwarzereturns an
5249864eb8Sschwarze.Vt X509_ATTRIBUTE
5349864eb8Sschwarzeobject or
5449864eb8Sschwarze.Dv NULL
5549864eb8Sschwarzeif an error occurs.
5649864eb8Sschwarze.Pp
5749864eb8Sschwarze.Fn i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE
5849864eb8Sschwarzereturns the number of bytes successfully encoded or a negative value
5949864eb8Sschwarzeif an error occurs.
6049864eb8Sschwarze.Sh SEE ALSO
6149864eb8Sschwarze.Xr ASN1_item_d2i 3 ,
6249864eb8Sschwarze.Xr d2i_PKCS12 3 ,
6349864eb8Sschwarze.Xr d2i_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO 3 ,
6449864eb8Sschwarze.Xr d2i_X509_EXTENSION 3 ,
6549864eb8Sschwarze.Xr d2i_X509_REQ 3 ,
6649864eb8Sschwarze.Xr X509_ATTRIBUTE_new 3
6749864eb8Sschwarze.Sh STANDARDS
6849864eb8SschwarzeITU-T Recommendation X.501, also known as ISO/IEC 9594-2: Information
6949864eb8SschwarzeTechnology  Open Systems Interconnection  The Directory: Models,
7049864eb8Sschwarzesection 8.2: Overall structure
71d9d184f2Sschwarze.Sh HISTORY
72d9d184f2Sschwarze.Fn d2i_X509_ATTRIBUTE
73d9d184f2Sschwarzeand
74d9d184f2Sschwarze.Fn i2d_X509_ATTRIBUTE
75*10e00d17Sschwarzefirst appeared in SSLeay 0.5.1 and have been available since
76d9d184f2Sschwarze.Ox 2.4 .
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