PKCS7_TYPE_IS_OTHER(3SSL)

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💖 PKCS7_TYPE_IS_OTHER 💖

okay bestie, so this is the man page for PKCS7_type_is_other, coming at you from the OpenSSL manual, section 3SSL. yes it's a C function in a man page and yes it's lowkey adorable once you get it. let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

PKCS7_type_is_other — figure out the content type of a PKCS#7 envelopedData structure 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/pkcs7.h>

int PKCS7_type_is_other(PKCS7 *p7);

like, that's it. one include, one function, one PKCS7 * argument. we love a minimal queen 👑

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so PKCS7_type_is_other() returns whether the content type of a PKCS#7 envelopedData structure is one of the following content types, bestie:

  • NID_pkcs7_data
  • NID_pkcs7_signed
  • NID_pkcs7_enveloped
  • NID_pkcs7_signedAndEnveloped
  • NID_pkcs7_digest
  • NID_pkcs7_encrypted

that's the whole list. no more, no less. the vibe check is: is it one of these six, or is it other? 🙈

🔥 RETURN VALUES 🔥

PKCS7_type_is_other() returns either 0 if the content type is matched or 1 otherwise.

ngl bestie, read that twice. it's giving "reverse of what your gut says" energy. matched = 0, not matched = 1. 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read those too, they're part of the same friend group 🫶

Copyright 2002-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

okay and that's the whole page, periodt ✨ this iconic little number is version 4.0.3, dated 2026-09-29, and it lives in the OpenSSL 3SSL manual. mwah, go forth and type-check your PKCS#7, bestie 💖🧚🌈

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