From 3b979c5450467b6721b8f8b715b10680ce7b4fbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dr. Stephen Henson" Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:10:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify BITLIST format and include an example. --- doc/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod b/doc/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod index 29d151366d..bd2e955908 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.pod @@ -154,10 +154,11 @@ bits is set to zero. This specifies the format of the ultimate value. It should be followed by a colon and one of the strings B, B, B or B. -If no format specifier is included then B is used. If B is specified -then the value string must be a valid B string. For B the output must -be a set of hex digits. B (which is only valid for a BIT STRING) is a -comma separated list of set bits. +If no format specifier is included then B is used. If B is +specified then the value string must be a valid B string. For B the +output must be a set of hex digits. B (which is only valid for a BIT +STRING) is a comma separated list of the indices of the set bits, all other +bits are zero. =back @@ -175,6 +176,10 @@ An IA5String explicitly tagged using APPLICATION tagging: EXPLICIT:0A,IA5STRING:Hello World +A BITSTRING with bits 1 and 5 set and all others zero: + + FORMAT=BITLIST,BITSTRING:1,5 + A more complex example using a config file to produce a SEQUENCE consiting of a BOOL an OID and a UTF8String: -- 2.25.1