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Laurent_53635
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Aug 14, 2009

Irule : read PEM in header

Hello,

 

 

I have a strange irule to create in my BIG-IP LTM.

 

I receive in the HTTP header from the client a certificate in PEM format.

 

I can read it but I want to decrypt or convert it in order to read some extensions (UPN).

 

The X509:Extension function is only on SSL:cert objects and not on PEM string.

 

If fact i am look for the invert function x509:whole

 

 

Any idea ?

 

 

Thanks for your help

 

 

Laurent
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  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Aug 17, 2009
    I haven't tried this, but using the X509:: commands might actually work. Is the HTTP header value URL and/or base64 encoded? If it is base64 and then URL encoded, could you use something like this:

     

     

    set extensions [X509::extensions [URI::decode [b64decode [HTTP::header $cert_header_name]]]]

     

     

    If this doesn't work, you might try opening a case with F5 Support and see if they have ideas on whether this is possible or not. If not, they could open a request for enhancement for you.

     

     

    Aaron
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    Laurent_53635
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    Aug 17, 2009
    Hello,

     

     

    Many thanks Aarron.

     

     

    Now It works. I was also trying with X509::extensions [[b64decode but it does not support the "BEGIN CERTIFICATE ... END ..." statement in PEM.

     

     

    Here the result

     

     

     

    set userCERT [b64decode [findstr [HTTP::header value USERCERTIFICATE] "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----" 28 "-----END CERTIFICATE-----"]]

     

    set UPN [findstr [X509::extensions $userCERT] "UPN<" 4 ">"]

     

    set CRL [findstr [X509::extensions $userCERT] "X509v3 CRL Distribution Points" 32 "X509"]

     

     

     

     

    Have nice evening and thanks again

     

     

    Laurent