PrintableString
A PrintableString is a restricted character string type in the ASN.1 notation. It is used to describe data that consists only of a specific printable subset of the ASCII character set.
According to the ASN.1 Specification of basic notation,[1] the character set of PrintableString can be expressed as:
| Name | Graphic | ASCII Code (DEC) | ASCII Code (HEX) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latin capital letters | A,B, ... Z |
65 - 90 | 41 - 5A |
| Latin small letters | a,b, ... z |
97 - 122 | 61 - 7A |
| Numbers | 0,1, ... 9 |
48 - 57 | 30 - 39 |
| SPACE | (space) | 32 | 20 |
| APOSTROPHE | ' |
39 | 27 |
| LEFT PARENTHESIS | ( |
40 | 28 |
| RIGHT PARENTHESIS | ) |
41 | 29 |
| PLUS SIGN | + |
43 | 2B |
| COMMA | , |
44 | 2C |
| HYPHEN-MINUS | - |
45 | 2D |
| FULL STOP | . |
46 | 2E |
| SOLIDUS | / |
47 | 2F |
| COLON | : |
58 | 3A |
| EQUALS SIGN | = |
61 | 3D |
| QUESTION MARK | ? |
63 | 3F |
The PrintableString definition does not include the at sign (@) or ampersand (&). This sometimes causes problems for naive implementers who attempt to put an SMTP email address into an X.509 digital certificate Distinguished Name.
The PrintableString definition does not include asterisk (*) which means it must not be used to represent a wildcard in an X.509 digital certificate Distinguished Name.
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