[openssl-users] How to produce a nested CMS / PKCS#7 structure?

[Dr. Stephen Henson]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016, Wim Lewis wrote:

> 
> However, I think the other half of my problem remains: if I'm putting
> another CMS object into a SignedData, AuthEnvelopedData, or other kind of
> wrapper, the OCTET STRING should contain the encoding of that object's
> structure (e.g. a BER-encoded AuthEnvelopedData, SignedData,
> ContentWithAttributes, etc. structure), not a ContentInfo *containing* that
> structure, right? How do I get OpenSSL to give me that encoded object
> without an enclosing ContentInfo?
> 

It's my understanding that the content should be a ContentInfo but I can't see
a definitive reference to this.

Steve.
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