Re: ASN.1 types for Distinguished names (was: Re: Distinguished n

Brian Korver <briank@terisa.com> Thu, 03 April 1997 20:10 UTC

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From: Brian Korver <briank@terisa.com>
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Subject: Re: ASN.1 types for Distinguished names (was: Re: Distinguished n
To: Holger.Reif@PrakInf.TU-Ilmenau.DE
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 12:11:01 -0800
Cc: AndrewP@esd.nec.com.au, briank@terisa.com, ietf-pkix@tandem.com, ssl-users@mincom.oz.au, reif@rz.tu-ilmenau.de
In-Reply-To: <9704030630.AA22787@PrakInf.TU-Ilmenau.DE> from "Holger Reif" at Apr 3, 97 08:30:52 am
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Holger Reif writes:
> Where is BMPString defined? What are it's encoding rules? Does it mean a
> directoryString as defines in X.520 (selected Atrributes) Version 2 is
> now a choice of printableString, teletexString, universalString and 
> BMPString?

BMPString is exactly Unicode (ISO 10646-1 Annex A).  I'm pretty sure
it's an ASN.1:1994 type (just like UniversalString).  See X.680.

brian
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