ConvertFrom-OIDString

NAME ConvertFrom-OIDString



SYNOPSIS

Creates a byte array from an OID string.





SYNTAX

ConvertFrom-OIDString [-OID] <String> [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet take an OID string in an X.Y.Z.W format and produces a byte array that is used

to represent the OID.





PARAMETERS

-OID <String>

The OID string to convert to bytes.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value

Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS

System.String





OUTPUTS

System.Byte[]





NOTES





AUTHOR: Michael Haken

LAST UPDATE: 1/22/2018



-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>$Bytes = ConvertFrom-OIDString -OID "1.2.840.113549.1.1.1"



The contents of $Bytes is (in decimal): 42 134 72 134 247 13 1 1 1



In hex the contents are: 2A 86 48 86 F7 0D 01 01 01



This is the RSA Encryption OID.











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