CERT_RDN_ATTR structure

The CERT_RDN_ATTR structure contains a single attribute of a relative distinguished name (RDN). A whole RDN is expressed in a CERT_RDN structure that contains an array of CERT_RDN_ATTR structures.

Syntax

typedef struct _CERT_RDN_ATTR {
  LPSTR               pszObjId;
  DWORD               dwValueType;
  CERT_RDN_VALUE_BLOB Value;
} CERT_RDN_ATTR, *PCERT_RDN_ATTR;

Members

pszObjId

Object identifier (OID) for the type of the attribute defined in this structure. This member can be one of the following OIDs.

Value	Meaning
szOID_AUTHORITY_REVOCATION_LIST	Security attribute.
szOID_BUSINESS_CATEGORY	Case-insensitive string. Explanatory attribute.
szOID_CA_CERTIFICATE	Security attribute.
szOID_CERTIFICATE_REVOCATION_LIST	Security attribute.
szOID_COMMON_NAME	Case-insensitive string. Labeling attribute.
szOID_COUNTRY_NAME	Two-character printable string. Geographic attribute.
szOID_CROSS_CERTIFICATE_PAIR	Security attribute.
szOID_DESCRIPTION	Case-insensitive string. Explanatory attribute.
szOID_DESTINATION_INDICATOR	Printable string. Telecommunications addressing attribute.
szOID_DEVICE_SERIAL_NUMBER	Printable string. Labeling attribute.
szOID_DOMAIN_COMPONENT	IA5 string. DNS name component such as "com."
szOID_FACSIMILE_TELEPHONE_NUMBER	Telecommunications addressing attribute.
szOID_GIVEN_NAME	Case-insensitive string. Name attribute.
szOID_INITIALS	Case-insensitive string. Name attribute.
szOID_INTERNATIONAL_ISDN_NUMBER	Numeric string. Telecommunications addressing attribute.
szOID_LOCALITY_NAME	Case-insensitive string. Geographic attribute.
szOID_MEMBER	Relational application attribute.
szOID_ORGANIZATION_NAME	Case-insensitive string. Organizational attribute.
szOID_ORGANIZATIONAL_UNIT_NAME	Case-insensitive string. Organizational attribute.
szOID_OWNER	Relational application attribute.
szOID_PHYSICAL_DELIVERY_OFFICE_NAME	Case-insensitive string. Postal addressing attribute.
szOID_PKCS_12_FRIENDLY_NAME_ATTR	PKCS #12 attribute.
szOID_PKCS_12_LOCAL_KEY_ID	PKCS #12 attribute.
szOID_POST_OFFICE_BOX	Case-insensitive string. Postal addressing attribute.
szOID_POSTAL_ADDRESS	Printable string. Postal addressing attribute.
szOID_POSTAL_CODE	Case-insensitive string. Postal addressing attribute.
szOID_PREFERRED_DELIVERY_METHOD	Preference attribute.
szOID_PRESENTATION_ADDRESS	OSI application attribute.
szOID_REGISTERED_ADDRESS	Telecommunications addressing attribute.
szOID_ROLE_OCCUPANT	Relational application attribute.
szOID_RSA_emailAddr	IA5 string. Email attribute.
szOID_SEARCH_GUIDE	Explanatory attribute.
szOID_SEE_ALSO	Relational application attribute.
szOID_STATE_OR_PROVINCE_NAME	Case-insensitive string. Geographic attribute.
szOID_STREET_ADDRESS	Case-insensitive string. Geographic attribute.
szOID_SUPPORTED_APPLICATION_CONTEXT	OSI application attribute.
szOID_SUR_NAME	Case-insensitive string. Labeling attribute.
szOID_TELEPHONE_NUMBER	Telecommunications addressing attribute.
szOID_TELETEXT_TERMINAL_IDENTIFIER	Telecommunications addressing attribute.
szOID_TELEX_NUMBER	Telecommunications addressing attribute.
szOID_TITLE	Case-insensitive string. Organizational attribute.
szOID_USER_CERTIFICATE	Security attribute.
szOID_USER_PASSWORD	Security attribute.
szOID_X21_ADDRESS	Numeric string. Telecommunications addressing attribute.

 

dwValueType

Indicates the interpretation of the Value member.

This member can be one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
CERT_RDN_ANY_TYPE	The pszObjId member determines the assumed type and length.
CERT_RDN_BMP_STRING	An array of Unicode characters (16-bit).
CERT_RDN_ENCODED_BLOB	An encoded data BLOB.
CERT_RDN_GENERAL_STRING	Currently not used.
CERT_RDN_GRAPHIC_STRING	Currently not used.
CERT_RDN_IA5_STRING	An arbitrary string of IA5 (ASCII) characters.
CERT_RDN_INT4_STRING	An array of INT4 elements (32-bit).
CERT_RDN_ISO646_STRING	A 128-character set (8-bit).
CERT_RDN_NUMERIC_STRING	Only the characters 0 through 9 and the space character (8-bit).
CERT_RDN_OCTET_STRING	An arbitrary string of octets (8-bit).
CERT_RDN_PRINTABLE_STRING	An arbitrary string of printable characters (8-bit).
CERT_RDN_T61_STRING	An arbitrary string of T.61 characters (8-bit).
CERT_RDN_TELETEX_STRING	An arbitrary string of T.61 characters (8-bit)
CERT_RDN_UNICODE_STRING	An array of Unicode characters (16-bit).
CERT_RDN_UNIVERSAL_STRING	An array of INT4 elements (32-bit).
CERT_RDN_UTF8_STRING	An array of 16 bit Unicode characters UTF8 encoded on the wire as a sequence of one, two, or three, eight-bit characters.
CERT_RDN_VIDEOTEX_STRING	An arbitrary string of videotext characters.
CERT_RDN_VISIBLE_STRING	A 95-character set (8-bit).

 

The following flags can be combined by using a bitwise-OR operation into the dwValueType member.

Value	Meaning
CERT_RDN_DISABLE_CHECK_TYPE_FLAG	For encoding. When set, the characters are not checked to determine whether they are valid for the value type.
CERT_RDN_DISABLE_IE4_UTF8_FLAG	For decoding. By default, CERT_RDN_T61_STRING encoded values are initially decoded as UTF8. If the UTF8 decoding fails, the value is decoded as 8-bit characters. If this flag is set, it skips the initial attempt to decode as UTF8 and decodes the value as 8-bit characters.
CERT_RDN_ENABLE_T61_UNICODE_FLAG	For encoding. When set, if all the Unicode characters are <= 0xFF, the CERT_RDN_T61_STRING value is selected instead of the CERT_RDN_UNICODE_STRING value.
CERT_RDN_ENABLE_UTF8_UNICODE_FLAG	For encoding. When set, strings are encoded with the CERT_RDN_UTF8_STRING value instead of the CERT_RDN_UNICODE_STRING value.
CERT_RDN_FORCE_UTF8_UNICODE_FLAG	For encoding. When set, strings are encoded with the CERT_RDN_UTF8_STRING value instead of CERT_RDN_PRINTABLE_STRING value for DirectoryString types. In addition, CERT_RDN_ENABLE_UTF8_UNICODE_FLAG is enabled. Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP:  This flag is not supported.
CERT_RDN_ENABLE_PUNYCODE_FLAG	For encoding. If the string contains an email RDN, and the email address is Punycode encoded, then the resultant email address is encoded as an IA5String. The Punycode encoding of the host name is performed on a label-by-label basis. For decoding. If the name contains an email RDN, and the local part or host name portion of the email address contains a Punycode encoded IA5String, the RDN string value is converted to its Unicode equivalent. Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP:  This flag is not supported.

 

Value

A CERT_RDN_VALUE_BLOB that contains the attribute value. The cbData member of Value is the length, in bytes, of the pbData member. It is not the number of elements in the pbData string.

For example, a DWORD is 32 bits or 4 bytes long. If pbData is a DWORD array, cbData would be four times the number of DWORD elements in the array. A SHORT is 16 bits or 2 bytes long. If pbData is an array of SHORT elements, cbData must be two times the length of the array.

The pbData member of Value can be a null-terminated array of 8-bit or 16-bit characters or a fixed-length array of elements. If dwValueType is set to CERT_RDN_ENCODED_BLOB, pbData is encoded.

Requirements

See also

CRYPT_INTEGER_BLOB

CERT_RDN

CertIsRDNAttrsInCertificateName