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diff --git a/doc/functions/gnutls_x509_dn_oid_known b/doc/functions/gnutls_x509_dn_oid_known new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4b49e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/functions/gnutls_x509_dn_oid_known @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ + + + + +@deftypefun {int} {gnutls_x509_dn_oid_known} (const char * @var{oid}) +@var{oid}: holds an Object Identifier in a null terminated string + +This function will inform about known DN OIDs. This is useful since +functions like @code{gnutls_x509_crt_set_dn_by_oid()} use the information +on known OIDs to properly encode their input. Object Identifiers +that are not known are not encoded by these functions, and their +input is stored directly into the ASN.1 structure. In that case of +unknown OIDs, you have the responsibility of DER encoding your +data. + +@strong{Returns:} 1 on known OIDs and 0 otherwise. +@end deftypefun |