Default encoding of OctetString

[the-useless-one]

Hi!

The default defined encoding of a univ.OctetString seems to be ISO-8859-1 (see the code here). I was wondering why this choice was made, instead of something more universal, like UTF8?

This default encoding is causing some weird behavior in some programs relying on this library (see here or here).

Is it possible to change the default encoding to UTF8? If not, why not, and what do you suggest we can do to ensure proper encoding in our programs?

Thanks!

Y

[the-useless-one]

Up, any info regarding this issue? Thanks!

[the-useless-one]

Up, anything I can do to help resolve this issue? Right now, I'm not able to port my project to Python 3. Thanks!

[GIJack]

Hi, this is actually important because pyasn1 is buried in the dep chain for CrackMapExec, which in turn needs pywerview.

There are a whole bunch of people that depend on this to work as expected.

It should be noted, UTF-8 is the now favored internationalization standard. Please switch to this.

[the-useless-one]

Up, has anyone any news on this project? There seems to have been no commit since march, and @etingof does not seem to be active anymore on Github, or other websites, such as StackOverflow, and such. I hope everything's okay.

Kind regards,

Y

[GIJack]

Prime example of the "joys" of working with Free software sometimes.

[the-useless-one]

@GIJack, I can understand the frustration of not getting any response, but please keep in mind that open source developers have other concerns outside of their projects, especially during this dumpster fire of a year.

[the-useless-one]

After re-reading LDAP RFCs (thanks @ThePirateWhoSmellsOfSunflowers), we reached the conclusion that the problem may not come from pyasn1. We managed to fix our problem another way, so I'm closing this issue.

We wish @etingof a speedy recovery, and good health!