Creating a GeneralName::OtherName as a Utf8String

[DTrippe]

Want to start by saying thank you for this awesome library.

I have a question around the OtherName variant in the GeneralName type.

rasn/standards/pkix/src/lib.rs

Line 697 in 39fdcbf

OtherName(InstanceOf<OctetString>),

It looks like this is expected to be an InstanceOf<OctetString>. I'm wondering if there is a way to represent this as a Utf8String? I tried passing several types (std::string::String, and also an encoded AttributeTypeAndValue), but it always ends up being viewed as an OctetString.

While this doesn't really cause a problem when working with the data directly, I did notice OpenSSL marks the fields as "unsupported" in the text output. For example

            X509v3 Issuer Alternative Name:
               othername:<unsupported>, othername:<unsupported>

If I use explicit Utf8String types, however, I do see the othernames as expected.

So, ultimately just wondering if InstanceOf<OctetString> is the right type here, or if rasn::types::Any might work better.

Appreciate any advice.

[XAMPPRocky]

Thank you for your issue! Would you be able to look at the ASN.1 module and show how it defines OtherName? I think that will be our best guidance here.

[DTrippe]

Sorry, which module is ASN.1?

I only see one instance of OtherName in the lib, and I don't see it ever being defined.

https://github.com/search?q=org%3Alibrasn+OtherName&type=code

[XAMPPRocky]

I mean the ietf standard that defines PKIX