3 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/tests/suites/test_identification.c b/src/libstrongswan/tests/suites/test_identification.c
index d20ad9b15..de00e4afd 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/tests/suites/test_identification.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/tests/suites/test_identification.c
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ static struct {
 		.data.c = chunk_from_chars(0xc0,0xa8,0x01,0x01) }},
 	{ "email:tester",			ID_RFC822_ADDR,	{ .type = ENC_STRING,
 		.data.s = "tester" }},
+	{ "{1}:#c0a80101",			ID_IPV4_ADDR,	{ .type = ENC_CHUNK,
+		.data.c = chunk_from_chars(0xc0,0xa8,0x01,0x01) }},
+	{ "{0x02}:tester",			ID_FQDN,		{ .type = ENC_STRING,
+		.data.s = "tester" }},
+	{ "{99}:somedata",			99,				{ .type = ENC_STRING,
+		.data.s = "somedata" }},
 };
 
 START_TEST(test_from_string)
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.c b/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.c
index 43aa0908c..b69adf399 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include "identification.h"
 
@@ -970,6 +971,39 @@ static private_identification_t* create_from_string_with_prefix_type(char *str)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Create an identity for a specific type, determined by a numerical prefix
+ *
+ * The prefix is of the form "{x}:", where x denotes the numerical identity
+ * type.
+ */
+static private_identification_t* create_from_string_with_num_type(char *str)
+{
+	private_identification_t *this;
+	u_long type;
+
+	if (*str++ != '{')
+	{
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	errno = 0;
+	type = strtoul(str, &str, 0);
+	if (errno || *str++ != '}' || *str++ != ':')
+	{
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	this = identification_create(type);
+	if (*str == '#')
+	{
+		this->encoded = chunk_from_hex(chunk_from_str(str + 1), NULL);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		this->encoded = chunk_clone(chunk_from_str(str));
+	}
+	return this;
+}
+
 /*
  * Described in header.
  */
@@ -987,6 +1021,11 @@ identification_t *identification_create_from_string(char *string)
 	{
 		return &this->public;
 	}
+	this = create_from_string_with_num_type(string);
+	if (this)
+	{
+		return &this->public;
+	}
 	if (strchr(string, '=') != NULL)
 	{
 		/* we interpret this as an ASCII X.501 ID_DER_ASN1_DN.
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h b/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h
index 3e89974f4..e6a9fe1c6 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/identification.h
@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ struct identification_t {
  * dns:, asn1dn:, asn1gn: and keyid:. If a # follows the :, the remaining data
  * is interpreted as hex encoded binary data for that ID, otherwise the raw
  * string following the prefix is used as identity data, without conversion.
+ * To specify a non-standard ID type, the numerical type may be prefixed
+ * between curly backets, building a prefix. For instance the "{1}:" prefix
+ * defines an ID_IPV4_ADDR type.
  *
  * This constructor never returns NULL. If it does not find a suitable
  * conversion function, it will copy the string to an ID_KEY_ID.