Re: Convert::ASN1 example needed

[Chris R. <chr...@me...>]

Graham Barr <gb...@po...> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 04:24:44PM +0100, Chris Ridd wrote:
>> I couldn't persuade Convert::ASN1 from messing with the time strings.
>> Replacing 'UTCTime' above with '[UNIVERSAL 23] IMPLICIT STRING' will get
>> the correct unadulterated times back...
>
> You mean you want the string exactly as it appeasrs ?

Yes. It can sometimes be useful to get the 'raw' octets. (In this case, it 
was useful because I could compare the values with the strings I could see 
in the cert. But it's useful for when you care about what optional parts of 
the value are present.)

> By default Convert::ASN1 will return a unix time (ie UTC) of the time in
> the cert.
>
> If you do
>
>   $asn->configure( decode => { timezone => 1 } );
>
> Then the time value will be an array of two elements, the unixtime value
> and the timezone offset that was specified.
>
> We could add other options to make it just return the string.
>
> Graham.

That only gives me the following error:

Can't use string ("decode") as a SCALAR ref while "strict refs" in use at 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Convert/ASN1.pm line 107.
        Convert::ASN1::configure('Convert::ASN1=HASH(0x8373cf0)', 'decode', 
'HASH(0x83b2efc)') called at ./testcert.pl line 20

Cheers,

Chris