On Wed, Mar 01, 2006, Tatsuya Tsurukawa wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have a quick question.
> How can I get To-Be-Signed portion of certificate with openssl api ?
> In case of using JDK, X509Certificat class and getTBSCertificate() method
> seem to be available for the same purpose.
> 
> I'm not familiar with the openssl api, and I couldn't find the appropriate
> api due to the luck of sample codes on the internet.
> 

Decode the certificate into an X509 structure using d2i_X509(). The TBS
portion in OpenSSL is called X509_CINF and the relevant fields are available
in the structure.

If you want to reencode it call i2d_X509_CINF.

Information about the d2i/i2d functions is in the FAQ.

Steve.
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