A Warm Welcome to ASN.1 and DER - Let's EncryptThis document provides a gentle introduction to the data structures and formats that define the certificates used in HTTPS. It should be accessible to anyone with a little bit of computer science experience and a bit of familiarity with certificates. An HTTPS certificate is a type of file, like any other file. Its contents follow a format defined by RFC 5280. The definitions are expressed in ASN.1
