asn1_get_length_ber

Section: libtasn1 (3)
Updated: 2.3
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NAME

asn1_get_length_ber - API function

SYNOPSIS

#include <libtasn1.h>

signed long asn1_get_length_ber(const unsigned char * ber, int ber_len, int * len);

ARGUMENTS

const unsigned char * ber: BER data to decode.
int ber_len: Length of BER data to decode.
int * len: Output variable containing the length of the BER length field.

DESCRIPTION

Extract a length field from BER data. The difference to asn1_get_length_der() is that this function will return a length even if the value has indefinite encoding.

RETURN VALUE

Return the decoded length value, or negative value when the value was too big.

SINCE

2.0

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