Yes, the DER format is a stream of bytes that can be written to the
network, stored on a file, etc.
The i2d_XXX functions convert the internal C structure to a DER buffer.
The "trick" to using i2d is you first give a NULL pointer, that tells
you how much memory you'll need to allocate; then y
Well the what I'm trying to do is send as part of an application msg the senders
certificate in the most efficient from a network perspective (i.e. DER right?) I
can load from PEM a X509 structure. How would I then but that in a memory buffer
to send via a socket? As I would like to read that ba
Frank wrote:
Ok, I got a few pieces meal answers (and no answers) here so I wanted to
recap to make sure I have it all straight.
Certificates - Even though you may wish to send the cert DER encoded
over the network, it is advisable to create and work with it while PEM
encoded, correct? Now all the
