ASN.1 types for Distinguished names (was: Re: Distinguished names and X509v3 extension OIDs (fwd))

Holger.Reif@PrakInf.TU-Ilmenau.DE (Holger Reif) Wed, 02 April 1997 06:11 UTC

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From: Holger.Reif@PrakInf.TU-Ilmenau.DE
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Subject: ASN.1 types for Distinguished names (was: Re: Distinguished names and X509v3 extension OIDs (fwd))

Hi,

this seems to be a nice thread to jump in ;-)

I noticed that many of the X.520 Selected attributes are of type DirectoryString
which in turn is a choice of teletexString, printableString and universalString.
Does anybody know when which Form is to be used and wether a transformation 
between these types (if possible) is allowed and gives equal meaning. 

Of course, if it's within a SIGNED context then the answer is clear: 
one can't change the types. But in other cases?



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