> From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-boun...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of
> Viktor Dukhovni
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2019 14:07
> To: openssl-users@openssl.org
>
> > On Mar 21, 2019, at 1:57 PM, Viktor Dukhovni <openssl-us...@dukhovni.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >    2.  Emit a "harmless" default OID (such as 0.0), returning to
> >     the behaviour prior to 1.0.1i

What about registering a new OID for "missing required object"? Then at least 
there'd be a standard way to represent this case, and other parsers could 
decide to accommodate it however they prefer.

I'm by no means an ASN.1 expert, so this may be a dumb idea.

--
Michael Wojcik
Distinguished Engineer, Micro Focus



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