On Wed, Oct 25, 2006, Ken Johanson wrote:

> 
> I found, and am able to use, the new arbitrary-oid/built-in compiler for
> ASN1 (strings in this case):
> 
> 1.2.3.4.5=critical,ASN1:UTF8String:abcd
> 
> but am wondering is its possible to do something like
> 
> 1.2.3.4.5=critical,ASN1:OctetFile:/home/my.jpg
> 
> The above was just a (not documented) guess on my part and so did not work.
> 
> Is this possible currently?
> 

No it isn't currently possible. It could be added in future as a different
"format" for ASN1 strings. Though it isn't a good idea to bloat certificates
unduly with huge files.

Steve.
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