> On 23 Jul 2021, at 2:57 am, David von Oheimb <dev@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > What I use is > > X509_NAME *nname = parse_name(string, MBSTRING_ASC, 1, desc); > > which is not an official API function but defined in apps/lib/apps.c: > > /* > * name is expected to be in the format /type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=... > * where + can be used instead of / to form multi-valued RDNs if canmulti > * and characters may be escaped by \ > */ > X509_NAME *parse_name(const char *cp, int chtype, int canmulti, const char *desc) > > Would be good to have such a function as part of the X.509 API. Note that the "/"-separated form is not the output format of the issuer or subject names in X509_NAME_oneline(3), x509(1), ... So a public API for that format may not be a good idea. Perhaps there could be parsers for the "rfc2253", "rfc2254" and "oneline" formats (or a single parser with flags to select the format). -- Viktor.
