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Table 4-11 Description of parameters defined in the GenericASN1Ext module (Continued)
Parameter Description
Specifies the pattern of the extension.
pattern
Permissible values: The pattern can be any sequence of supported ASN.1 type. Rules
for formulating the pattern are as follows:
• Each data component in the pattern must be represented by it's predefined
• Each attribute identifier represented in the pattern must be fully defined in the
No default value is assigned to this parameter.
Example: {{012}34}
Specifies the data type for attribute n, where n is an identifier assigned to identify
attribute.<n>.
parameters pertaining to a specific attribute. The value of n can be 0 to 9.
type
Permissible values: Integer, IA5String, OctetString, PrintableString,
UTCtime, OID, or Boolean.
• Select Integer for extensions that have ASN.1 INTEGER values (default). It's
• Select IA5String for extensions that have ASN.1 IA5String values. It's case
• Select OctetString for extensions that have ASN.1 OCTET STRING values. It's
• Select VisualString for extensions that have printing character sets of
• Select PrintableString for extensions that have ASN.1 PrintableString values.
• Select UTCTime for site-defined extensions that have ASN.1 UTCTime values.
• Select OID for extensions that have ASN.1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER values.
• Select Boolean for extensions that have ASN.1 BOOLEAN values. It's case
Example: Integer
attribute identifier, 0 to 9, and each sequence must be grouped by a pair of curly
brackets, {}.
extension. For example, if you want to include attribute identifier 0, you must
specify values for attribure.0.type, attribure.0.source, and
attribure.0.value parameters.
case insensitive and accepts an integer in decimal notation as value.
insensitive and accepts any normal string as value.
case insensitive and the value is dependent on data source. If the data source is
Value, the value must be in colon-separated, ASCII hexadecimal encoding
notation. If the data source is File, the server reads the attribute value from the
file specified.
International ASCII.
It's case insensitive and accepts any normal string as value.
insensitive and accepts true or false as value.
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