Fork asn1 package

[jsumners]

We shouldn't need to depend on an unmaintained asn1 package. Currently, we depend upon https://github.com/joyent/node-asn1. At the time of this writing, the most recent commits going back for a year are all related to internal build tools for Joyent's internal usage of the module. The module has several issues open and a few PRs that are basically ignored. We should fork this library, update it, and publish it under the @ldapjs namespace.

Or, and this is probably a better plan, we work with @panva to add BER encoding and decoding to https://github.com/panva/asn1.js

[UziTech]

If @panva is willing to add it, I think that would be the better option as well.

[panva]

He is not ;). I intend to keep the fork inline with the original package only without the browser polyfills and using native BigInt

[UziTech]

Thanks for responding @panva. :+1:

Well, I guess creating a package with the @ldapjs namespace it is.

[jsumners]

Fork repo created -- https://github.com/ldapjs/asn1

[jsumners]

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On February 22, 2023, we released version 3 of this library. As a result, we are closing this issue/pull request.

Please see issue #839 for more information, including how to proceed if you feel this closure is in error.