Version 12 of ASN

http://tcllib.sourceforge.net/doc/asn.html

"Abstract Syntax Notation" in ITU-T X.680 [L1 ]; also note related language specifications [L2 ]. These are all reference materials, largely opaque to humans; we need to mention here also such tutorials as Milan and Dubuisson's [L3 ] and Kaliski's ".. Layman's Guide ..." [L4 ].

X.509v3 Certificate Viewer example based on the tcllib asn package

ASN.1 is commonly used in the following applications

Cryptography related file formats (X509 certificates, PKCS#7 messages) etc.
ldap
Telecommunications systems like Bluetooth, H232, UMTS etc.
SNMP
Library catalogue systems based on the Z39.50 protocol

There is tcllib asn package which is able to parse almost all ASN BER/DER objects.

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