Re: [TLS] Verifying X.509 Certificate Chains out of order

Peter Sylvester <Peter.Sylvester@edelweb.fr> Tue, 07 October 2008 15:59 UTC

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>
> I don't think I understand the question: this isn't any kind of 
> ASN.1 structure. It's a TLS vector DER-encoded certs. 
> I.e.
>   
ouups; right.

Is ASN.1Cert defined in the text.
It does not says that you have a DER encoded cert.
It could be BER, CER, DER, at least partially. But
not XER and not PEM.

Anyway, no big deal.
> 24-bit length field = Y
>    24-bit length field = X  \ cert 1
>    encoded cert (length X)  /
>    24-bit length field = W  \ cert 2
>    encoded cert (length W)  /
>
> -Ekr
>
>
>   


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