Re: [EXTERNAL] ASN1_STRING type is now opaque

Do you send arbitrary ASN1_STRINGs or some particular subtype? You
could use i2d/d2i to encode and decode concrete ASN1_STRING subtypes.

Tomas Mraz

On Tue, 2026-04-14 at 19:41 +0000, 'Sands, Daniel N.' via openssl-users
wrote:
> How will EMBED work with this?=C2=A0 I can no longer add an ASN1_STRING
> structure to my temp-to-send data structure since the contents are
> unknown to the compiler now.=C2=A0 Is there a pseudo-native type that can
> be used in its place, similar to INT32 and INT64 for integers?
>=20
> >=20
> > The ASN1_STRING structure can [no longer be accessed
> > directly](
> > https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fd
> > ocs.openssl.org%2F4.0%2Fman7%2Fossl-guide-migration%2F%23the-
> > &data=3D05%7C02%7Cdnsands%40sandia.gov%7Cd1c64df0760e47e2274e08de99
> > c13d49%7C7ccb5a20a303498cb0c129007381b574%7C1%7C0%7C63911725240
> > 0348398%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIw
> > LjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C
> > %7C%7C&sdata=3DBnnWtQOjyDFAzL9YmI03Hhs7E5QhOzgr0g1JJmbzuD4%3D&rese
> > rved=3D0
> > asn1_string-type-is-now-opaque). Instead, accessor functions must
> > be used.
> >=20

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