RustCrypto / RustCrypto/formats
oiddbgen: parse types aliased to OBJECT IDENTIFIER
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Description
As part of RFC 5280, there are a few types that are essentially aliases for OBJECT IDENTIFIER.
One example is the AttributeType used in the x509 subject name:
AttributeType ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
-- Arc for standard naming attributes
id-at OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-ccitt(2) ds(5) 4 }
-- Naming attributes of type X520name
id-at-name AttributeType ::= { id-at 41 }
id-at-surname AttributeType ::= { id-at 4 }
id-at-givenName AttributeType ::= { id-at 42 }
id-at-initials AttributeType ::= { id-at 43 }
id-at-generationQualifier AttributeType ::= { id-at 44 }
[...]
-- Naming attributes of type X520SerialNumber
id-at-serialNumber AttributeType ::= { id-at 5 }
Since items like the id-at-name are not directly of type OBJECT IDENTIFIER, the oiddbgen does not pick them up.
I'm not sure about the best way to handle this, but I gave it a proof-of-concept at https://github.com/simpsoneric/formats/tree/object-id-aliases
The resulting src/db/gen.rs picks up the OIDs I was interested in.
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the oiddbgen behavior described in the issue and the referenced proof-of-concept, especially the generated src/db/gen.rs. Confirm how aliases such as AttributeType are represented, then define completion as having the relevant aliased OBJECT IDENTIFIER values picked up by the generator.
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