Hi Dennis, On 2026-06-28T22:44:45+0200, Dennis Preiser wrote: > On Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 06:56:14PM +0200, Matthias Andree via Mutt-dev wrote: > > Thanks. Regarding the #ifdefs, wouldn't the accessor functions also work on > > older OpenSSL releases, too, so that mutt could switch to the accessor API > > wholesale? > > I'm not really familiar with OpenSSL, so I played it safe. > > According to <https://docs.openssl.org/1.0.2/man3/ASN1_STRING_length/>, > ASN1_STRING_length() has been available since at least version 1.0.2, > and ASN1_STRING_get0_data() since at least version 1.1.1 > <https://docs.openssl.org/1.1.1/man3/ASN1_STRING_length/>. > > LibreSSL dates back to July 2014 (2.0.0), which would be before OpenSSL > 1.0.2 (January 2015). I haven´t been able to find online when these two > functions became available in LibreSSL.
alx@devuan:/tmp/openbsd$ git ref aeeae06a7981
aeeae06a7981 (1998-10-05; "Import of SSLeay-0.9.0b with RSA and IDEA
stubbed + OpenBSD build functionality for shared libs.")
alx@devuan:/tmp/openbsd$ git show aeeae06a7981 | grep ASN1_STRING_length
+#define ASN1_STRING_length(x) ((x)->length)
+ ret=ASN1_STRING_length(a->value.octet_string);
+ ASN1_STRING_length(osp)=size;
+ length=ASN1_STRING_length(a->value.sequence);
+ ret=ASN1_STRING_length(os);
alx@devuan:/tmp/openbsd$ git ref 203972bb77b5
203972bb77b5 (2018-02-14; "Provide ASN1_STRING_get0_data().")
alx@devuan:/tmp/openbsd$ git show 203972bb77b5 | grep
ASN1_STRING_get0_data
Provide ASN1_STRING_get0_data().
+ASN1_STRING_get0_data
+const unsigned char *ASN1_STRING_get0_data(const ASN1_STRING *x);
+ASN1_STRING_get0_data(const ASN1_STRING *x)
alx@devuan:/tmp/openbsd$ git describe --contains 203972bb77b5
libressl-v2.7.0~266
alx@devuan:/tmp/openbsd$ git describe --contains aeeae06a7981
OPENBSD_2_6_BASE~147^2
ASN1_STRING_length() seems to be there since forever, while
ASN1_STRING_get0_data() was added recently (2018; libressl-v2.7.0).
Have a lovely night!
Alex
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